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ANASTASIA M, 14
Dear world,
I am writing as Coronavirus, hoping that we shall all understand why ‘I’ am here on Earth with you. Firstly, I came because I have had enough! Enough of you torturing your nature, your environment, your creatures. Enough of your carelessness towards other lives. More animals are endangered, more than there have been in centuries. However, humans just ignored this. Ignored that the grass was more littered than ever! Ignored that they did not have the fresh smell of mowed grass! Ignored that fewer birds and animals were heard and seen. Humans ignored that the world was getting too polluted. So, for their own good, I came. Secondly, I came because I had enough of you fghting and arguing about nothing, splitting up for the most immature reasons. Entertaining yourselves with the internet, instead of your mountains. Instead of your beautiful views. I came because arguing had indeed got you far, but the wrong far. Te bad far. Far, as in hatred and greed. Humans have reached a peak I thought would never occur, so I came to sort it out.
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Ten I came also for your families. You have forgotten about them. You thought seeing your family was sometimes even embarrassing. You took it for granted. Going to a restaurant, transfxed with your phone. Hogging your electric devices,
instead of a welcome conversation with friends and family. You have forgotten what it is like to enjoy your family, very few humans still know. So I came to make you feel remorse and make you feel sorry. Sorry for your merciless mistakes. I came to show you what it is like to be apart from your family. I put you in lockdown so that you could understand how much you love and treasure your family; how much you are loved.
I came so that I could put a stop to your polluting. As you were in lockdown, nature freely spread its friendly wings across Earth once more. More birds came to sing goodnight and good morning at your windows. Te fresh smell of nature woke you up. You were not there to pollute Earth anymore. I came, but I will have to go. I have also caused alarm and many deaths, and that I am sorry for. But there is no other way to teach a human. I came and I will go, leaving behind hope and peace. If I don’t, I will be forced to come again. I leave behind me the hope that will keep you united. From your ‘would-be enemy’ Coronavirus, also known as Covid-19
“Tis letter portrays the pros and cons that Covid-19 allowed us to face. For instance, we never thought about the value of having a family and people caring. It is also amazing how a letter of 400 words can show us what we were not able to see one year ago.” Rijuta Lutchegadoo, Volunteer Editor