This is My short Personal Response to The Seahorse and the reef ( Short Text).
A Key message the author wants us to realise about our Impact on the Environment is….
Human activities such as pollution and overfishing and destroying ecosystems like the coral reef. The story highlights that our carelessness does not just harm the environment, but it destroys our own cultural and spiritual “food basket,” ruining our ability to live in harmony with the sea.
My Favourite part of the text is…Because….
When the children discover the seahorse in the pool and the father teaches them to respect it and take what they need and captures the balance between appreciation.
Having read the text I think/realise/understand/appreciate/feel…..
I appreciated the father’s lessons on respect—taking only what is needed from the sea’s “food basket”. However, as pollution destroys the reef, I feel the family’s profound grief. The image of the “boiling yellow” effluent makes me realise how easily human negligence can shatter a delicate ecosystem. I think the fragile seahorse, searching for “crystal waters,” serves as a haunting reminder of our duty as guardians of nature.