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| Watch Your Paws Index |
Watch your Paws with Trees!
There are more types of trees growing around us that you can shake a stick at. Tall trees. Short trees. Trees with big, green leaves. Trees with prickly needles. Fruit trees. Nut trees. The list goes on and on.
Trees are some of the most important
things in nature. They help keep our air and water clean and fresh.
They provide shade for plants and animals (and humans, too). They make
food, like berries and nuts, for many animals. Many animals and birds
make their homes in trees, sometimes on the branches and sometimes inside
the tree trunk itself. So when you see a tree ... watch your paws! Sometimes it is fun to have a stick in your hands, for playing or to help you walk. Look on the ground for a good stick - don't tear a branch off a tree. Taking branches off trees in the wrong way can hurt the tree (and nobody likes to hurt). Also, if you do have a stick in your hand, be careful what you do with it. Leaf collecting can be interesting, and so is collecting nuts and pinecones. But you don't have to climb a tree to get them. Look under your paws and I'm, sure you can find some good ones already on the ground. Have you ever seen a birch tree? Those are the large ones that look like they are all wrapped up in white paper. That white paper is called bark, and it protect the tree, in the same way that your skin protects you. If you see a birch tree, take a good look at it, but don't take off its skin. If you watch your paws around trees, they will grow big and healthy, and help you grow big and healthy, too. |
