Dear Mr. Vladimir Putin,
Just to introduce myself, I am an anonymous tree in a forest of Russia. That’s all about me, nothing really special, with no “sir” or even “Mr.” in my name. An extraordinary normal tree in a just-as-normal forest, with deep hope and expectation to you, sir – the Hero of the Earth. In this letter, I want to discuss with you, sir, about a problem that our country had just suffered from, the problem of deforestation. Luckily, I survived through that fatal event, though with many scars and pains. Sir, you a done a Great, Great work, when you winged the Bee-2oo through the air, flying over the forest, trying to stop the fire from lingering around. Your action, sir, had encouraged and motivated the rescue team to save us all. Truly saying, that time, in total desperation and painfulness, we still were really grateful and excited when we saw your plane. Sir Vladimir Putin, I have some little knowledge about airplanes, and I saw that you were really good at controlling that heavy vehicle and make it to fly smoothly. Maybe, you were a professional pilot before you became a president! However, everyone in the forest hoped that we could see your airplane in a day when the forest was peaceful, lovely and green rather than at a day when we were overwhelmed with pain and depression. But it seems like people only try to fight back a disaster when it has already came even if it was foreseen. Sir Putin! Under the reign of Mother Earth, the forests like us, ours brothers and sisters in the whole work have worked for human’s benefit. Sometimes, human even called us their “green lung” when we absorb carbonic and release oxygen, which human especially need to sustain their life.
Each year, our body can absorb more than 5.9 kg carbonic gases. We helped humankind to strengthen their health by reducing the amount of hazardous gases in the environment. To do this, our leaves with tiny holes absorb those gases, keeping hodgepodge and miscellaneous, put them through a further filtering process, and then use the water from rains to wash them down to the soil. By reducing the level of hazardous gases, we have participated in reducing greenhouse gases. We are, days and nights, solving the consequences of bad actions that humankind has done to the environment, to their own living space. Furthermore, our tree family also has many good benefits to the water flow. We can stop 25 % of rain water by raising our leaves and leaf canopies to slow down the water from rains, consequently reducing soil erosion and keeping the precious nutritive from the earth. In the raining season, forests can prevent and preclude flooding. In the dry season, the precious rain water will be transported directly to the rivers by us. Our tree family lives harmoniously between each other hence create a balanced ecosystem between animal species and trees. We also are responsible for the creation of living spaces and food for wildlife creatures. The branches that fall down to the water make great living spaces for fishes and amphibians. In hot periods, we will create shades to help animals in keeping their balanced body temperature. In our “kingdom”, everything is harmonious, peaceful, any arguments or conflicts can be easily and completely settled without the use of any weapons or any outbreaks!
And Mr. Putin, in holidays, you and other residents often come to the forests to relax because coming to us; you will feel totally relaxing and comfortable. In a pure, tranquil atmosphere, every illnesses of the modern world like stress, cardiovascular and blood pressure diseases can be relieved. ‘Cause of a great love to children, we are great playgrounds for the growth of them. More than that, children suffering ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder) when coming to our family will feel better. Do we seem like doctors, sir? Forests also bring a large source of food and fruits to humanity. Please don’t hesitate; our “supermarkets” are still at work 24 hours a day.
Dear Sir. Vladimir Putin, me and many of my relatives – the abele trees have appeared in many large magazines as the representative of Russia’s autumn. Planted next to me is a friend of mine from Vietnam – a faraway country. He was planted by a Vietnamese person who loves Russia. Through him, I know about a Vietnam with many diverse types of trees. And strange actually, forests in Vietnam also helped to hide the Vietnamese soldiers in wartime. Hmm, he had read to us poems like: “The forest covers our soldiers and surrounds the enemies.” Sometimes, he droned out many songs like: “The beautiful smell of the forest hang around on the deserted hill.” or “In the middle of the green forest rises up many beautiful poems and songs.” That’s it, sir; the forests in all over the world not only bring many great benefits to humankind but are also the inspiration for songs and poems. Nevertheless, we – trees are facing total depression and the fear of numerous catastrophes, from deforestation to being chopped down. How painful to witness the death of our relatives under the hands of humankind. Why do you human treat us that way? Please don’t destroy us or humankind will suffer from the worst consequences from our destruction!
Dear sir Vladimir Putin, I beg you that in your position, you would do more than just hover the aircraft around the sky when the forests are on fire. We also hope that, some days, we can welcome you to our family; we will raise our hand and welcome you by a strong, healthy body, not a body with wounds and pains like today. And then, the green yellow odor of trees will cover the everywhere in Russia. We are hoping for that, sir!
Wish you a great health!
