保护环境英语初中作文带翻译【热门20篇】

Failure exists in every stage for everybody. As students, I think the most

common failure would be failing in the exam. Yes, I have failed in the exam for

many times. It is very common, because on one can keep the name of

ever-victorious generals forever. But some students do not figure out this. When

they fail in the exam, they need a long time to recover, even have directly

negative effect on their inner heart. This is not the right way to deal with

this problem. We need to figure out the reason why we don’t do well in the exam.

And then correct it. Try our best to get better next time.

The animal is the friend of our human beings. We live in the same earth.

Animals and human beings can’t be separated from each other. But some animals

are getting less and less. So it’s necessary for us to protect animals,

especially wild animals. Some people kill wild animal because of money. It’s

illegal. Beside, because of the development of society, human needs more space

to live in, so we explore the forest. Animals have less space to live in. The

number of wild animals decreases year by year. It’s high time to take actions to

protect wild animals.

What Can We Do for the Environment

Hello,everyone. Im Li Hua. Its nice to speak about what we can do for the environment,and I think each of us can do a little bit to help with this problem.

The first thing we can do is to use cloth bags in stead of plastic bags when we go shopping. It helps to protect the environment. The second thing we can do is to reuse the old textbooks as possible as we can. We should also never forget to turn off the lights when we leave the classrooms in order to save energy. Whats more, it would be better if we walk or ride a bike to school. We should try our best reduce pollution and waste.

In fact,even the simplest everyday activities can make a real difference to the environment. I believe we can make the world a better place to live in.

Thank you for your listening!

我们能为环境做些什么

你好，每个人都。我是李华。很高兴谈论我们能为环境做些什么，我想我们每个人都可以做一点点来帮助解决这个问题。

我们能做的第一件事就是在用布袋代替塑料袋，当我们去购物。它有助于保护环境。我们能做的第二件事是尽可能重复使用旧课本可以。我们也应该永远不会忘记关灯，当我们离开教室时，为了节省能源。更重要的是，它会更好，如果我们步行或骑自行车上学。我们应该尽最大努力减少污染和浪费。

事实上，即使是最简单的日常活动也能对环境产生很大的差异。我相信我们可以让世界变得更美好的生活。

谢谢你的倾听!

As we all know, the environment around us is getting worse and worse /more and more seriously today. Water is polluted, we have no clean water to drink. Many trees are cutting down, some animals are getting less and less. Some factories are pouring dirty air into the sky. The population is increasing faster and faster, resources are getting less and less…etc. Not only does it affect our lives and health, it also has a great affection in the future. People’s health has been greatly affected by air, noise and water pollution. Many people died of diseases. In order to live a better life, something must be done to stop the pollution. It’s our duty to protect our environment. We shouldn’t throw away rubbish everywhere. Trees are very helpful and important for us. We should plant more and more trees in order to live better and more healthy in the future.

If everyone makes contribution to protecting the environment, the world will become much more beautiful. In a word, if everyone pays more attention to our environment, there will be less pollution and our life will be better. “There is only one earth”, I hope everyone will protect our environment well.

[英语作文保护环境200字

早在几天前，街道上就摆满了粽子，到处飘散着粽子的清香。今天终于可以吃到妈妈做的香喷喷的粽子了。因为端午节到来了。

As early as a few days ago, the streets were filled with zongzi, and the

fragrance of zongzi wafted everywhere. Today, I can finally eat the delicious

zongzi made by my mother. Because the Dragon Boat Festival is coming.

妈妈真是了不起，能做出好几种不同味道的粽子，有红枣粽子、豆子粽子、蛋黄粽子，还有我最喜欢吃的肉粽子。粽子刚一出锅，我和哥哥便你争我抢，生怕自己少吃了一个。

My mother is really amazing. She can make several kinds of zongzi with

different tastes, including red date zongzi, bean zongzi, egg yolk zongzi, and

my favorite meat zongzi. As soon as zongzi is out of the pot, my brother and I

will fight for it from you for fear that we will eat one less.

正当我们准备把粽子送入嘴里的时候，爸爸走了过来，微笑着说：”你们知道端午节为什么要吃粽子吗?“我们异口同声地回答：”为了纪念屈原!“”对!那你们知道为什么要纪念他呢?“我和哥哥你

看着我，我望着你，直摇头。”在春秋时期，爱国诗人屈原眼看自己的祖国被侵略，心如刀割，但又不忍舍弃自己的祖国，所以在五月初五抱石投汨罗江身死。以后，在每年的五月初五，就有了赛龙舟

、吃粽子的风俗，以此来纪念爱国诗人屈原。

Just as we were about to put zongzi into our mouths, Dad came over and

smiled and said, "do you know why we eat Zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival?" we all

replied in unison, "in memory of Qu Yuan!" "yes! Then why do you remember him?"

my brother and I looked at me and I looked at you and shook our heads. " In the

spring and Autumn period, Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet, saw his motherland being

invaded and his heart was cut like a knife, but he could not bear to give up his

motherland, so he threw stones into Miluo River on the fifth day of May and

died. Later, on the fifth day of May every year, there was the custom of dragon

boat racing and eating zongzi, in order to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu

Yuan. "

我和哥哥点了点头，原来端午节还有这样的意义。今天不仅吃到了香喷喷的粽子，还让我收获不少。

My brother and I nodded. It turns out that Dragon Boat Festival has such a

meaning. Today, I have not only delicious zongzi, but also a lot of harvest.

There is an old saying goes that failure is the mother of success. Everyone

confronts with failures even those famous and successful figures. Some people

say that failure lashes them to work harder. Some think that failures are so

depressing and we should not to make any failures. For me, I cherish failures

very much for we can realize our shortcomings from them.

First of all, we can learn from failure and get more experience. It is

indeed so disappointed when we confront with failure. However, we can always get

some experience from failures and makes us understand our weak point. If we can

learn from failure, then we will avoid such problem in the coming days.

Secondly, the more failures, the more successful we will be. As the old

saying goes that failure is the mother of success. The more failure we make, the

more successful we will be. If we make many mistakes, then we will learn a lot

from them and will do better when we meet the same kind of problems. This means

we will obtain great success if we meet more failures.

All in all, failure is a bad thing for people, but it is a good chance for

us to learn more from it and become successful in the future.

The weather of today is very comfortable, though the weather forecast said

it is cloudy, but just a little bit rain, very cool.The weather forecast said it

is cloudy, and friends are about to play basketball, but unfortunately, in the

rain it can not play. after afternoon the rain stopped to help my mother to buy

food supermarket. Generally it was not bad mood today.

今天的天气很舒适，虽然天气预报说今天是阴天，但只是一点点的雨，很cool.The天气预报说今天是阴天，和朋友约打篮球，但不幸的是，在雨中它不能玩。下午雨停后要帮妈妈买菜的超市。通常它不是今天心情不好。

绿色，生命的本色;绿色，是人类的希望，是天底下最美丽最动人的颜色。然而，不知从什么时候开始，逐渐地，在我们生活的地方缺少了绿意，扑入视野的是大片大片的工业区，崭新雄伟的高楼、平整宽阔的路面，在经济日益繁荣的背后隐藏着巨大的自然灾害，沙尘暴、干旱、暖冬……这一切，把我们的生活糟蹋得不成体统，把我们的心情搅得一塌糊涂，把我们的面容涂抹得憔悴不堪，也正应了那句话：人类尝到了自己种下的苦果，也所谓”捡了经济，丢了环境”。

面对环境保护的重任，作为教师的我们，又该做些什么呢?

我认为我们应该将环保教育立足于课堂，因为课堂是教育教学的主阵地。教师充分发掘教材内在的环境教育因素，做到各学科与环境教育有机渗透。把环保教育融入课堂，向学生灌输保护大自然(空气、山水、土壤、动物、植物、地下矿藏……)维护生态平衡的知识。不断地通过一些图片、媒体、及浅显事例，对学生进行环保教育，渗透环保知识，使之认识环境与人类生存的密切关系，懂得保护大自然，就是保护人类赖以生存的环境，就是保护自己的重要意义，从而增强环保意识。

为了提高环保教育的实效性，我校还开展了”做一次环保调查，写一份环保建议书以及种植园”等活动。通过黑板报、晨会课、红领巾小广播等方式，教育学生把课内外学到的环保知识运用在实际生活中，养成良好的生活行为习惯，如:不乱丢果皮纸屑;不乱倒垃圾、污水;不攀摘花木、不玩火、不捕捉动物玩耍等。校园内，学生积极参与”养绿、护绿”活动。班级里都配有自己的电灯专管员、节水管理员。宣扬能源危机，提倡同学变废为宝。孩子们从节水、节电、节约纸张等生活小事做起，逐渐养成一种环保好习惯。回到家里，孩子们还向家长发放环保倡议书，节水、节电、垃圾分类，拒用一次性木筷及塑料袋，废旧电池回收，到社区内清洁环境卫生，并时时监督家长的行为。

我们深知，环境是我们人类生存延续的根本保障，没有了好的环境，我们的一切幸福和快乐都是空谈。为此，我们会一如既往地对学生进行良好的环保教育，让每个孩子从小就明确环境与生命息息相关，要从身边的小事做起。

It was sunny and hot today.I got up early at half past six.I read English

and then had breakfast.I helped my mother washed the dishes.Then I did my

homework and cleaned my room.I went shopping with my mother in the

afternoon.Then I played table tennis with my friends.In the evening I watched TV

and read a book.I really had a busy and interesting day.

今天阳光明媚，很热，六点半早起，读英文，然后吃早餐，帮妈妈洗碗，做功课，打扫房间，和妈妈一起去超市购物。下午。然后我和朋友们打乒乓球。晚上我看电视，看书。我真的度过了忙碌而有趣的一天。

Children’s education has been concerned by the public all the time. As they

are the future and will decide a country’s destiny, so the environment matters

so much to them. Most parents expect the school can provide the children a good

learning environment and ignore the importance of home education.

School provides the children a direct stage to receive education. In the

school, the teachers pass knowledge and educate them the right value. The

children know their task and as everybody around them focus the attention on

study, so they are affected by each other and have the strong desire to

learn.

Home education is easy to be ignored by most parents, they think it is the

teachers’ duty to educate children. Actually, most criminal teenagers have

family issues. Parents haven’t set good example for the kids. Sometimes they are

even the trouble makers. Without love, teenagers won’t grow up as the strong

people.

Both school and family environment are important for the children, and they

need to be nurtured with the good examples and learn knowledge.

在我们的周围，时常可以发现一些成年人，对环境的保护意识连我们小学生都不如。比如，随手乱扔垃圾、烟头等。竟然还大言不惭的教育我们，这不能做，那不能做的。真让我们这些孩子为他们的不良行为感到脸红。

开学第一天，我高高兴兴的往学校走，在我的前面一位穿着漂亮的阿姨，领着一个比我小的女孩，一边急匆匆的赶路，一边把手中的包子塞进嘴里，并把包包子的方便袋随手扔在了地上，随之被风高高的。这位女士的行为和她的穿着极不相称，突然孩子说话了：“妈妈，你扔的方便袋上了天，老师说，不能随地扔垃圾。”她的妈妈说：“多嘴，迟到了快点走！”那位做妈妈的轻描淡写的话语，好像环境的好坏和她无关似的，让我瞠目结舌！

昨天，我亲眼看见有位叔叔把一车垃圾倾倒了河里，垃圾里面还有碎玻璃片，还有一包一包装满垃圾的塑料袋，臭烘烘的气味顿时冲击着我的鼻孔，使本来就脏兮兮的河更加破烂不堪了。以前每到夏天，这条河不但是我们玩耍的乐园，鱼儿们可以尽情游来游去，更主要的是这条河还是当地居民饮用水的水源。可现在的河里已经不见鱼儿的踪影，夏季的河里也不见孩子们的欢声笑语的嬉戏热闹的场面了。

保护环境，受益者是我们大家。提高保护环境的认识，是提高人们的素养和认识的必要条件。让我们都来自觉的爱护大自然，爱护周围的环境，使我们的环境变得更好，让我们每天都能在清新整洁的环境里，享受美好的生活吧！

桦甸市二道甸子镇中心小学四年级：李东赫

Everyone should protect the environment, this is the law of nature, if not protect the environment, the world will be contaminated.

To protect the environment from every bit of small start, and I have not done well. Have a New Year, we went to shun feng mountain park, riding a bicycle, we were hungry, we bought a small bag of snacks to eat, while I, eat snacks, I happy too much because it is over, so casually took me to once eat 7 packet snacks packaging thrown on the ground, and then I went in a convenience store in watching TV, while todays TV is very good-looking, half an hour later, I put the mother with all I said before, all my thoughts are indulged in the drama. After 30 minutes, I didnt think of it, but, at that time, his mother angry of say: "you this smelly wenches, didnt I tell you before to protect the environment, you forget?" I said: "Im not forget, I just from watching TV." Mother said: "some important watching TV, or picking up litter some important?" I said: "rubbish." Mother said: "you hurry up to pick up."

And then, I picked up a small pile of junk, throw in the trash, I apologized to his mother not only, I also to shun feng mountain park, sweep the floor every aunt to recognize the fault. Because, if everyone throw a piece of garbage on the ground, and then will add burden to clean the aunt. If you see a piece of garbage on the ground, then you are curved waist, and activities, do a man to protect the environment, is to clean the aunt to reduce burden...

, although it has been over the past year, I learned about it, if the world all throw a piece of garbage on the ground, the whole earth will become a waste, so each of us should protect the environment, protect the earth, the world will be more beautiful!

人人都要保护环境，这是大自然的规律，如果不保护环境，世界就会被污染。

保护环境是从一点一滴的小事做起，而我却没有做好。有一次过新年，我们去顺峰山公园游玩，骑完自行车，我们个个都饿了，我们买了一小包零食来吃，而我，吃完零食，我因为高兴过头了，所以随手就把我吃过的7包零食的包装扔在地上，然后我进去便利店里面看电视，尽管今天的电视剧很好看，过了半个小时，我把以前妈妈跟我说的话忘得一干二净，我所有的心思都沉迷在这个电视剧里面。在过了三十分钟，我才想起来，可是，这时候，妈妈生气的走过来说：“你这个臭丫头，难道我以前跟你说的要保护环境，你都忘了吗?”我说：“我不是忘了，我只是顾着看电视。”妈妈说：“看电视重要一些，还是捡垃圾重要一些?”我说：“捡垃圾。”妈妈说：“那你快点捡呀。”

然后，我捡起一小堆垃圾，扔进垃圾桶，我不但向妈妈认错了，我也向顺峰山公园的每一个扫地阿姨认了错。因为，如果每个人都扔一块垃圾在地面，那么就会给清洁阿姨增加负担。如果你看见一块垃圾在地面，那你就弯弯腰，动动手，做一个保护环境的人，那么就会给清洁阿姨减少负担……

虽然这件事已经过去一年了，但是，这件事让我学会了，如果世界上都扔一块垃圾在地面，那么整个地球就会变成一片废区，所以我们每个人都要保护环境，保护地球，世界才会更美好!

一个小村庄的故事 在一片河坡上，早先有过一个很像样的小村庄。 一年年，一代代，山坡上树木不断减少，裸露的土地不断扩大。树木变成了各家个户的一间间、一栋栋房子，变成了各式各样的工具，应有尽有的家具，还有大量的树木随着屋顶冒出的饿柴烟消失在天空中了……

不管怎么样，河坡上的家家户户靠着锋利的斧头， 日子过得还都不错。 然而，不知过了多少年，多少代，在一个雨水奇多的八月，大雨没喘气儿，下了五天五夜，到第六天黎明，雨停下来。可是小村庄却被咆哮的洪水不知卷向了何处。 什么都没有了——所有靠斧头得到的一切，包括那些锋利的斧头。讲解： 这篇短文告诉了我们不应该乱砍滥伐，要爱护树木，刻意的去保护它．如果我们不爱护树木，就会造成不必要的伤害．

Take good care of the environment is everyones responsibility, everyone has the duty to care for the environment. The cries of the earth, is made by human; The formation of natural disasters and human themselves. We cant let such things happen again, because of this our home will face disappear.

With the continuous destruction of forest, make the air fresh, no longer in life make people breathing "not smooth". So, we should protect trees, protect the nature. Let our the earth mother to restore the original appearance.

You every good care environment of small action, will be your memories. Bent down to pick up a piece of waste paper, a word to stop people damage the environment. Will be a thing of the past.

We now do dribs and drabs, not just for the sake of our own, also is a important foundation for our future generations. Let them no longer face the disaster, let they no longer lose family. Take good care of the environment, starts from me!

爱护环境是每个人的职责，每个人有爱护环境的责任。地球的哭泣，是人类所为;自然灾害的形成，也是人类自己造成的。我们不能再让这样的事再发生，因为这样我们的家园即将面临消失。

随着森林的不断毁灭，使生活中的空气不再新鲜，使人们的呼吸“不再顺畅”。所以，我们应该保护树木，保护大自然。让我们的地球妈妈恢复原来的模样。

你每一个爱护环境的小举动，都将成为你美好的回忆。弯下腰捡起一片废纸、一句话阻止人们破坏环境。都将成为历史。

我们现在做的点点滴滴，不仅仅是为了我们自己，也是为我们的子孙后代打下重要的基础。让他们不再面临灾难，让他们不再失去家人。爱护环境，从我做起!

今年最难忘的就是元宵节了，那天的天气不怎么好，但街上人山人海，大街小巷都挂着五颜六色的灯笼，真是美丽极了。

This year, the most memorable is the Lantern Festival, the day the weather

is not so good, but the streets are crowded with people, the streets are hung

colorful lanterns, it is beautiful.

我和爸爸、妈妈、姐姐、弟弟一起到了中山公园，中山公园的大门在工人叔叔和阿姨们的巧手下被彩灯和其他材料，装饰得特别漂亮。大门上挂着几百个火红的彩灯，就好像红红的太阳，带着微笑，欢迎每个朋友的到来。我们随着人群来到中山公园内，里面的彩灯更好看。我看到一个“美丽的城堡”，代表着美丽祖国的大好河山。还有的彩灯上是叔叔阿姨们用彩纸和其它材料做成的小，朋友在那里跳起了美丽的舞蹈。真让我看得眼花缭乱。

I and my father, mother, brother and sister went to Zhongshan Park,

Zhongshan Park door lights and other materials in the hands of workers and their

uncle aunt, decorated very beautiful. There are hundreds of red lights on the

gate, like the red sun, with a smile, welcome every friends arrival. We came to

Zhongshan Park with the crowds, and the lights were better. I saw a beautiful

castle “ ”, represents the beauty of the motherland beautiful rivers and

mountains of a country. There are lights on is the uncles and aunts with colored

paper and other materials made of small and beautiful dance friends there. It

really makes me look dizzy.

今年的元宵节，真是使我无法忘怀。

This years Lantern Festival is really something I cant forget.

Environmental protection is every one of us to do, make the responsibility of each of us, once you live in the earth, you have to protect the environment, because we want for our children and grandchildren, give them a good living environment, and not to harm the environment and harm to our children and grandchildren.

Its our duty to protect the environment, and some people said: this is an important task, we are a little, it should give the big man to do, we have to do is not to undermine. Many people agree that in the face of this statement, and the I will against it. In fact, environmental protection is more than a great thing, or do we all the citizens of these things, and they will go to the governance, we control our things, mind your own affairs, because environmental protection from a small one.

Environmental protection is a small matter, dont throw a piece of junk, dont chop down a tree, not a one-time items... Maybe, you have the conditions, is a piece of junk, recycling plant a tree, with an item again... This is to protect the environment, is so simple, need not you do more difficult things, environmental protection is just as simple as that.

环保是我们每个人要做的事情，使我们每个人的责任，你一旦生活在地球，你就要保护环境，因为我们要为我们的子孙后代着想，给他们一个好的身活环境，而不是去破坏环境，危害我们的子孙。

保护环境是我们的责任，而有的人却说：这是一个重任，我们是个小人物，这应该给大人物去办，我们不破坏就行了。面对这种说法，很多人都同意，而我就反对。其实，环保不止是大人物的事情，还是我们这些市民的事情，而他们就去治理大事，我们就治理我们的事情，管好自己的小事，因为环保是从一件小事做起的。

保护环境其实是一件小事，不扔一件垃圾、不砍一棵树、不用一次性用品……也许，你有条件的话，就回收一件垃圾、种一棵树、再次用一件物品……这都是保护环境的行为，就是如此简单，不用你做更难的事情了，环保只是这么简单。

Yesterday we played happily, but there were only ten people. I remembered

last year there were twenty-two people at all. I heard some my friends had gone

abroad. They went abroad to study. Maybe I couldn’t see them in the future. I

think next year we won’t make a party. Next year is a very important year. We

all will prepare the new term’s new subject.I know, it is the most important for

us now.

昨天，我们高兴地发挥，但只有10人。我记得去年有22人在所有。我听到一些我的朋友已经出国。他们去国外学习。也许我没有看到他们的未来。我想明年我们将不作党。明年是一个非常重要的一年。我们都将编制新的任期的新课程.我知道，这是最重要的是，我们现在。

Last years Spring Festival is special. My uncle and my aunt came back from

Shanghai. My family were very happy to spend the Spring Festival with them. And

it was the most exciting festival of all the festivals.

On New Years Eve，my father and my uncle talked about their work together.

My mum did some cooking with my aunt. Grandparents and I watched the New Year TV

programmes. At about six o’clock， we had a special family dinner. We all thought

the dumplings were delicious.

On the first day of the New Year， we visited our relatives. In the

afternoon，we went shopping in Jiefang Road. My uncle bought some Jays CDs. He

likes Jay’s music very much. There were so many people on the road. It was more

alive than any other time of a year.

On the second and the third days，we spent a wonderful weekend in the

country. There were much bigger trees than in the city. And the animals were

more beautiful than in the city. We all enjoyed ourselves.

I had an interesting Spring Festival. How about you?

我的春节

去年的春节是特别的。我的叔叔和我的阿姨从上海回来。我的家人都很高兴与他们共度春节。,这是最令人兴奋的节日的节日。

在新年前夕，我父亲和我叔叔一起谈论他们的`工作。我妈妈和我阿姨做了一些烹饪。祖父母和我看到新年的电视节目。大约6点钟，我们有一个特殊的家庭聚餐。我们都认为饺子是美味的。

在新年的第一天，我们参观了我们的亲戚。在下午，我们去购物在解放路。我叔叔买了一些周杰伦的cd。他非常喜欢周杰伦的音乐。有那么多人在路上。这是活着比其他任何一年的时间。

在第二和第三天，我们在乡下度过了愉快的周末。有更大的树比城市。和动物比在城市更美丽。我们都玩得很开心。

我有一个有趣的春节。你呢?

Summertime is the best time of the year. There is no school for months and

I get to do what I want. With no tests and no homework, Im as free as a

bird.

夏季是一年中最好的时光。(几个)月不用去学校并且我可以做自己想做的事。没有考试、没有作业，我自由地像只小鸟。

I do many things during the summer vacation. I relax by reading books and

watching TV. I also hang out with my friends or travel with my family. However,

I dont only play in summer. I take advantage of the free time to learn more.

For example, last summer I learned to swim. This summer I might study computers

or English. Summer vacation flies by fast, so its important to do as much as

you can.

暑假期间，我可以做很多事。我通过阅读与看电视放松自己。我也常常与朋友一起打发时间或者与家人一起去旅游。可是，暑假期间，我并不只是游玩。我充分利用闲暇时间去学习更多的(知识)。举例来说，去年暑假，我就学习游泳。这个暑假，我可能会学习计算机或英语(知识)。暑期过得很快，所以，对于你而言，应该尽可能做更多的事。

A Visit to the Flower Show

Last week Nature Park held a flower show. I went to visit it with my friends. I was very glad to see so many beautiful flowers in the park. I was really amazed to see a sea of colourful

flowers. They told me that some rare flowers came from Taiwan. Thousands of people stopped and watched them carefully. I took many pictures there. Taiwan has always been a part of our country. I am sure sooner or later we can go there to see many more beautiful flowers. What great fun it will be.

When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty-a great tall man

with thick hair becoming gray. He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended

in a slightly flattened tip. Once he explained seriously to me that he got that

flattened tip as a small child when he fell down and stepped on his nose.

The little marks of laughter at the corners of his eyes were the prodnct of

a kindly and humorous nature. The years of work which had bent his shoulders had

never dulled his humour nor his love of a joke.

Everywhere he went, "Gramp" made friends easily. At the end of half an hour

you felt you had known him all your life. I soon learned that he hated to give

orders , but that when he had to, he tried to make his orders sound like

suggestions.

One July morning, as he was leaving to go to the cornfield, he said :

"Edwin, you can pick up the potatoes in the field today if you want to do that.

" Then he drove away with his horses.

The day passed, and I did not have any desire to pick up potatoes. Evening

came and the potatoes were still in the field. Gramp, dusty and tired, led the

horses to get their drink.

"How many bags of potatoes were there?" Gramp inquired. "I dont know.

"

"How many potatoes did you pick up?"

"I didnt pick any. " "Not any! Why not?"

"You said I could pick, them up if I wanted to. You didnt say I had to.

"

In the next few minutes I learned a lesson I would not forget: when Gramp

said I could if I wanted to, he meant that I should want to.

Gram hated cruelty and injustice. The injustices of history, even those of

a thousand years before, angered her as much as the injustices of her own

day.

She also had a deep love of beauty. When she was almost seventy-five, and

had gone to live with one of her daughters, she spent a delightful morning

washing dishes because, as she said, the beautiful patterns on the dishes gave

her pleasure. The bird, the flowers, the clouds-all that was beautiful around

her- pleased her. She was like the father of the French painter, Millet, who

used to gather grass and show it to his son , saying , "See how beautif ul this

is ! "

In a pioneer society it is the harder qualities of mind and character that

are of value. The softer virtues are considered unnecessary. Men and women

struggling daily to earn a living are unable, even for a moment, to forget the

business of preserving their lives. Only unusual people, like my grandparents,

manage to keep the softer qualities in a world of daily struggle.

Such were the two people with whom I spent the months from June to

September in the wonderful days of summer and youth.