This story entitled Luh Ayu Manik Mas, Defender of the Environments was written by I Putu Supartika is kind of motivational story that was able to succeed in making both amazed and aroused the desire to read until the end. Moreover, this story was able to present about the recent condition of our environment. Many people throw plastic trash carelessly into the river. By reading this story, people will definitely keep their environment in a good way. As this book contains the message and religious meaning, it will provide a warning to protect the environment. Finally, it remains sturdy and sustainable.
One morning, Luh Ayu Manik was very busy looking for something in the kitchen. Her mother asked what she wanted to find. Then, Luh Ayu Manik said she wanted to get plastic for the offering but her mother suggest her to use small woven basket as the container. When she got home from school that day, she decided to watch TV even though it was not usual for her to watch TV after school. When she turned the TV on, the program was not very interesting so she picked up the remote control and searched for a good program. She changed the channel three times and then she saw an ad on the station she was watching. The aim of the ad was to encourage Balinese people to reduce the use of plastic bags … particularly now that there are regulations in place. She turned the TV off after watching the ad, changed her clothes and then had something to eat. While she was eating, she thought of reasons why she should use less plastic … even though she thought that plastic had many uses, for example, as a bag for carrying shopping and as a container for taking offerings to school when there is a full moon. Furthermore, using plastic makes work easier. No fuss … after you have used it, you just throw it in the trash. She thought about such things all the way through her meal.
She kept thinking about the message she had seen on TV, and so decided to talk to her mother about it. When her mother arrived home, Luh asked her about it. But her mother told her to ask her teacher. She ran into her teacher and asked you about plastic. Her teacher explained that This is because plastic, if dumped thoughtlessly, can pollute the environment, poison the fish in the ocean and it takes a long time to decompose. This is unlike the leaves of that break down quickly explained Pak Budi.
While Luh Ayu Manik and Putu Nita were walking towards the market, they stopped briefly in front of the bale angklung, the pavilion where the gamelan instruments are kept. There Luh Ayu Manik and Putu Nita saw several people from the youth group throw a lot of plastic waste into the river. But it was not only plastic waste. They also saw young men throwing away the leftover foam materials from making ogoh-ogoh. Suddenly she heard someone shouted for asking help but at that time of night the village was very quiet and nobody was in the street.
Like an ogoh-ogoh, it was tall and its body was large but its whole body was covered in plastic, foam and plastic bottles. Its eyes burned like fire and its tongue was very long and touched the ground. Its fangs were long, pointed and sharp. Seeing what was happening, Luh Ayu Manik told Putu Nita to hide in the bushes. And Luh Ayu Manik was also looking for a hiding place to change herself into Luh Ayu Manik Mas wearing a golden crown and golden clothes.
Ohhhh ... you humans are all the same! Do not throw away your rubbish thoughtlessly, especially into the river. This is a sacred place. You should really look after this river so that it is always clean and unpolluted. The plastic giant then disappeared. And Luh Ayu Manik Mas quickly changed back into Luh Ayu Manik Mas and called her friend, Putu Nita.
Consequently, based on the story we can learn that It’s convenient as ever to be green. Every single day human ingenuity brings new and simple solutions to the pollution problem that is easy for anyone to switch to. The state of our planet is at stake but the changes we can make to help are growing every day, we only need to reach out and make them. Remember, if we do not act now, the future generation will face serious consequences.
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