Message+-+The+First+Climate+Converter

Paul Yoon Humanities 5/6 4/25/08 The First Climate Converter

“When is it going to rain? In my whole thirteen years of life, I have never seen a single drop of rain!” Michael cried. “Silence, Michael Schoman! You already know that global warming is causing this!” his father shouted. In the Pattinghill village, it was hot, blazing, and sunny everyday. There hadn’t been any rain or snow for the past twenty years. The water was running out in the village and after probably two weeks, there wouldn’t be any left. Michael and his family moved to the Pattinghill village to stay away from the cold but now, they are dying to go back. However, the problem is that they don’t have enough money to return. They can’t move until they have enough money. Finally, Michael and his family couldn’t stand it anymore. They had to do something in order to survive. The Schoman family went to talk with the headman of the village. “We have to do something Mr. Headman! If we don’t, we will die of thirst!” Michael’s father complained. “My name is David Campbell. Anyways, we can’t do anything about this, Mr. Schoman. We can’t make global warming disappear.” Mr. Campbell answered. “Well, why don’t we reduce the amount of electricity the whole villagers are using? At least we are helping.” Michael suggested. “What! Are you kidding me, kid?” told Mr. Campbell, “No electricity, no AC and fan. Without AC and fan, there is no hope to survive. Got it?” Despite the fact that the headman told them there was nothing they could do, the Schoman family didn’t give up to find some ways to stop global warming. It just made them more enthusiastic. Suddenly, the whole family had an ideal idea. The next day, the Schoman family went to chat with the headman again. He was sleeping in the desk as usual until Mr. Schoman roared as loud as a lion. “What do you want now, Mr. Schoman?” carelessly questioned the headman. “We have a plan, Mr. Campbell,” Michael’s father articulated, “It will definitely help stop global warming.” “As you wish! But it will be your fault if you fail your plan.” Mr. Campbell warned. Michael’s family started their plan with gathering all the nearby villagers, including the other village people. One by one, they came to the village meeting place, as told by the Schoman family. “Hello, everybody! We are the Schoman family from the Pattinghill village. We called you for no other reason than global warming. Global warming must be stopped everybody! Since nobody cares about the great environmental disaster, we would like to have a competition. The most recycled, reused, and reduced village will win this honor of gold medal. The competition will end three weeks after. Good luck!” Mr. Schoman announced. Soon as the announcement was finished, the whole village people got separated and started to recycle, reuse, and reduce all the things as they could. The plan had actually worked! After two weeks of the competition, the water didn’t run out at all. The water was truly more than the Schoman family had expected. The headman couldn’t believe it too. His mouth dropped because of the amounts of water the whole village had saved. The competition soon became famous. It was widely shown on the TV and it was often on the news too. Then, an astonishing thing happened. All of a sudden, other villages in other countries joined the competition. They made their own competition. The competition was so successful that it became a weekly work for everybody around the whole world. After two months, global warming was increasing at a much slower rate. But Schoman family was still not happy. The climate was not changing. “When is it going to rain and snow, Father? We succeeded in stopping global warming from increasing but the weather is the same.” Michael consisted. “I don’t know Michael. I don’t know…” Mr. Schoman murmured. There was a silence for moment until a huge shout came out from the outside. Schoman family didn’t really notice that because just for a second, they were in disrepair. The first person to notice was Michael. He immediately went to the window. “BE QUIET! WHY ARE YOU GUYS SO NOISY?” Michael roared. “It is raining Michael! It is finally raining!” said Frank, a classmate of Michael’s. “Oh, shut up, Frank! I will never believe you … What? What is this? Water?” Michael hesitated. He looked at the sky and there were rain drops dropping. “Never mind, Frank!” Michael apologized quickly as he rushed outside. However, when Michael’s parent saw Michael running, they immediately stopped him. “Michael! We told you not to run in the house! How many times we have to…” Michael’s parents scolded. “But Mom! Dad! It’s finally raining! It’s finally raining!” interrupted Michael as he continued his way outside. “It is? Gosh! I have waited this day for many years… and now, it is finally raining!” Mr. Schoman sobbed. As Michael burst outside of his house, he joined his friends and played in the rain. They took their T-shirts off and danced, wrestled, and also drank some of the rain by sticking their tongues out, waiting for the rain drops to fall. That day was one of the memorable days for everyone in the Pattinghill village. Many people came out and enjoyed the rain while others were busy storing the rain drops in a basket to drink it later. Of course, the Schoman family was one of the people who played in the rain. Because of the competition, there were soon lots of snow and rain in the whole world.