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One Saturday morning,

Jacob and his grand-

father were walking to 

the grocery store.

"Wow, this place has changed so

much!" Grandpa exclaimed.

"But Grandpa, we always go here!" 

said Jacob. "It wasn't always like 

this, Jacob," he said. "Really?" 

Jacob asked.

"Instead of roads, there were fields 

and forests. Instead of cars 

everywhere, there were animals- 

horses, sheep, goats, you name it! 

Trees towered over us like the 

skyscrapers that we see now!" he 

explained. "What happened to the 

trees?" Jacob wondered. 

 "More people moved here, and they 

wanted a place to live too. Trees got 

cut down to make room for buildings, 

paper started being used 

everywhere, roads started to get 

paved, and before you know it, we 

had a city."Grandpa said with a sigh.

"You don't seem too happy about 

that, Grandpa. Isn't it good to 

have more people around?" Jacob 

asked. "It is, in a way, but..." 

Grandpa replied. "But?" Jacob 

prodded.

"Well, the way we live isn't as good as it used 

to be. There is so much noise, so many lights, 

so many cars driving everywhere and so much 

pollution that it isn't very healthy to live 

here anymore. If we had more trees..." 

Grandpa trailed off. "If we had more trees, 

then what, Grandpa?"Jacob questioned. 

Grandpa didn't answer the question. "Oh, 

look, the grocery store!" he exclaimed 

instead.

Jacob really wanted to 

know the answer. "Remind 

me to tell you when we are 

walking home," Grandpa told 

Jacob. "Okay," Jacob 

sighed. 

So, while they 

were shopping, 

Jacob waited.

And waited.

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