We Affect Penny Knights

We affect the animals we make pets or eat for dinner. We affect those lakes that used to be clear enough to see the fish darting in and out of the reefs. We affect the disappearing, smooth, shiny, slippery ice that used to be everywhere. We affect that air that used to smell fresh and made it smell like the gas and oil we make. We affect the small animals that help make our food. We affect the food chain setting it off balance. We affect those big, beautiful, and beloved forests full of humongous trees, with their branches hanging every which way. We affect that trash on the turtle's head. We affect the smoke coming out the back of our car with the sound of a Puff Puff Puff. We affect the joy we spread to others by the little things like donating a toy. We affect everything in what we do and say.

Penny Knights, Grade 5 Saint Anthony Park Elementary, Saint Paul Teaching Artist: Frank Sentwali