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Liam the Lion
... and his love of learning
about nature!
LIAM
Liam knew a whole lot of stuff for a lion.
His head was full of all kinds of thoughts
and all kinds of things he had learned . . .
Scottish poetry, astronomy, how to make amazing French pastries and rebuild a 1957 Chevy Bel Air transmission, quantum physics, renaissance art history, long division, classical literature, & how to spell supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
BUT HIS MOST FAVORITE THING
TO LEARN ABOUT WAS NATURE!!!
Anything and everything about nature.
And there was just so much to discover!
Sometimes it made his head spin just thinking about all there was to still learn about it. But that was ok because he simply loved everything about nature and
how amazing it is!
SHELBY
Liam had a good buddy named Shelby.
One day Shelby asked him,
"Why do you learn all this stuff?
And what is so great about learning about nature? Seems kinda weird to me!"
Well, one thing to remember about Shelby
is that he is rather grouchy, usually seeing
the bad side of things, always dragging everybody down. But he did have a few
good qualities, like making delicious cookies
for his neighbors and being the best dancer
in the jungle and touching his nose
with his tongue.
However, Shelby's question got Liam thinking and pondering. He simply knew he just totally enjoyed learning about nature
and it made him quite happy, but was there another good reason? He decided to go
to his wise friend Albert and see if
he could help him figure out other reasons why he liked learning about nature so much.
After all, Albert was well known in
the neighborhood for being very
sensible and enlightened!
ALBERT
What was Albert's answer?
The answer he gave Liam came from
the wisdom of another Albert
he respected and admired:
Albert Einstein!
He also was known for his intelligence
and deep thinking. Albert's answer to Liam was something Mr. Einstein once said:
"Look deep into nature,
and you will understand
everything better."
In other words, all the amazing wonders
and awesome stuff of nature will open
your mind to see and understand so much
of all the wonderfulness of life.
Nature can expand our own ordinary worlds.
It can help us to see there is more to life than what what we see only on the surface.
It can make us want to learn more
about everything. And nature can show
us things that can lead us to finding
answers to other questions we may have
about other stuff.
So take some advice from
Liam and both Alberts ...
learn lots about nature
and look deep into nature!
You will be so glad you did!
Illustrations - permission obtained via store policies and direct communications:
all animals by CliptomaniaCreations (Etsy)
Photograph is my own