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Wilderness
is important to me because it gives younger people the chance
to know that the world is not all one big city. And it is a
place for the wild to stay wild without getting threatened.





I
AM
I
am a little piece of something big.
I
see others of my kind all around me.
I
hear the birds in the big trees above.
I
smell the presence of animals that pass by.
I
taste the water when it rains.
I
feel the pain from the long way down.
I
know that I am an important part of where I live.
I
wish I could be more noticeable.
I
say Hey look at me, I'm bigger than the others.
I
am a little pine cone.




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