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“Enjoying and appreciating the beauty of the natural environment.”

My grandfather said, “I remembered clearly that He continued to share that besides playing games
I used to play with marbles, catch frogs, spiders, or birds, he used to swim in the river near his
and even rear birds. Those were common in house. It was so relaxing, especially on extremely
Malaysia. Once we caught our spiders, we brought sunny days, and they would catch fish or frogs
them to school and challenged our classmates. We and bring them back home to eat.
put them on the table or a flat surface; if one runs
away, the other is the winner. He ended his story by expressing how it is a shame
that now we cannot do what he enjoyed the most in
If we were to rear birds, we would put them or hang the past. It was a great childhood memory. When
them on high surfaces. The one that sings the most he told his grandchildren some of his childhood
beautifully and loudly will be the winner. I used to stories, we were disgusted about the frogs. He hopes
rear a bird named “magpie”. A male magpie has a to be able to do it all over again.
glossy blackish head and likes to feed on crickets”.
Chan Mun Yue
Primary 5.4

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