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Cowabunga!

by Rachel Chen from Chino Hills, CA, USA, California in United States

Cowabunga!

 

Cowabunga felt so depressed

Exhaling toxic methane made him feel stressed

 

As he munched upon the scrumptious grass

He bellowed a cloud of methane gas

 

It spread across the diamond sky

And trapped the blazing heat inside

 

His serene, green meadow began to wilt

And his beloved planet went atilt

 

Waves of flame traversed the land

Scorching its path with a firebrand

 

Far away from home sweet home

The icebergs turned into watery foam

 

But what could he do? He couldn’t stop breathing

It was a problem about which he was teething

 

He decided to embark upon a heroic quest

To find out what he could do on his planet’s behest

 

He traveled over plains and mountains too

To find someone who knew what to do

 

Finally when Cowabunga reached the sea

He met Sticky the Octopus who held the key

 

Sticky told him that in Nature lies solutions to all the problems man has made

So instead of destroying Her, we should ask her to come to our aid

 

“For instance, I’ve just completed a study that shows

Adding 1% pink seaweed to cow feed can of methane dispose”

 

This pink seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, neutralizes all your bad gas

You’ll no longer have to worry about what comes out of your ass!”

 

So the lesson here is instead of succumbing to climate despair

Look to Nature for solutions to clean your air

 

Page created on 6/1/2025 5:42:50 AM

Last edited 6/2/2025 3:58:28 PM

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