“Steffy, you've got mail.”
Steffy's
mother, Rosalina, called from the kitchen.
Steffy scrambled to get
dressed. She had just graduated from university.
“Probably a
congratulations from somebody,” she
thought.
As
Steffy reached the kitchen, she saw that her family was at the table;
her brother Mike, sister Sally, mother Rosalina, Peter her dad and
Buster the dog.
Steffy
opened the envelope. She held her breath as she read it. It was from
the government. It read:
Dear
Steffy Mcdarf,
Congratulations
on passing your college assessments.We would like to inform you that you have inherited a billion dollars from your Great-Great-Great Grandparents.
Sincerely,
Rudolph Mcbarf
Steffy
handed the letter to Mike to read out loud.
The whole family
gasped in surprise.
Five days later
Steffy saw a big property for sale.
5
Million Acres-2 Million Dollars
Mike agreed that
Steffy should buy it and save the wildlife.
Sally, Mike and
Steffy started drawing up signs while Rosalina and Peter put down
some pebbles and gravel for paths and put up wooden fences.
Soon it was time to
create a website. They took pictures of the wildlife and posted it
on the site. They also put up the sign that said:
“Welcome To
Wildlife Reserve and Rescue.”
A week later people
were lined up at the gate ready to come in and enjoy the wildlife.
Sally handed out maps, Mike answered questions while Steffy,
Rosalina and Peter directed parking.
“We have koalas,
kangaroos, wallabies, kookaburras, cockatoos, echidnas, cassowaries
and even snakes, “ Mike told the visitors.
“Where is the
restaurant on this map?” asked a lady.
“We don't have a
restaurant here and no littering either. This is nature,” Sally
answered.
“Why do people
even put restaurants in the bush when there are animals that could
eat the litter?” Sally thought.
The park became a
famous reserve and some people even went jogging in the reserve.
Nature runners were soon counting on the reserve to open at 4 AM.
People loved racing in nature.
Occasionally a
wallaby would be sighted and koalas heard.
The park improved a
lot over two years so Steffy thought of carriages for tours. Steffy
bought a big glass carriage that could hold up to twenty people. She
bought four Clydesdale horses and two Shires to pull it.
The park went on
and on and soon trail rides were going through the park and people
coming to line up at 6 AM to be the first ones in. Everyone loved to
see the baby koalas, joeys and birds. They even respected being
quiet.
Two years later
there were over 200,000,000 koalas, 100,00,000 kangaroos, 200,000,000
wallabies and 200,000,000 birds. The reserve was a huge success.
The only thing the Mcdarf family had to worry about was food for
themselves and the mighty horses, taking care of the carriage of
glass and of course running the reserve.
What a success
saving the wildlife!
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