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Nikopolis Kindergarten, Preveza, Greece

It was an autumn usual morning at school. The kids were playing outside in the school yard under the plane tree. Suddenly a gust of wind threw a few leaves on the ground. One of them landed on George's shoulder...Konstantina shouted: "look a leaf on your shoulder ...maybe it wants to tell you a secret... Apostolia completed..." Let's give him a name...Dimitris said....hmmm...it is a fyllo (leaf in Greek and common word with friend)...and a friend...let's call him Fillimonas the leaf the kids said with one voice".

"Hi friends...Fillimonas happilly spoke....I am with you ...because I need your help...the trees need your help...and the animals...that live on, in and around trees...need help"

We will help you the kids said...we ll be the tree masketeers...

Wonderful... Fillimonas said...but I will have to look for more tree Masketeers...now

1st Kindergarten of Sykies, Greece

Then a beautiful butterfly appeared and asked Filimonas: “Would you like to go on a trip?” and Filimonas smiled!

The wind blew and the trip started. They were very happy and after a while they arrived over a forest. It was very big and nice. There were a lot of trees. Some were tall and green and other were small and their leaves were yellow and orange because autumn had come. There was also a river and some animals such as: a squirrel, a hedgehog and a snake.

Suddenly, they discovered that next to that beautiful forest there was a forest that was burnt. There was nothing, but burnt trees! The two friends felt very sad…

5th Kindergarten of Sykies Thessaloniki Greece

Filimonas approached a burnt tree that was very sad and asked what happened in the forest. The tree told its story. We were a beautiful forest, green big and small trees, animals, birds, all colors. Suddenly one night, some people appeared holding something in their hands. Fire started burning everything. The animals ran in fear to be saved, the trees bent and burned. We heard sirens and people in red started throwing water with big pipes to put out the fire. They succeeded but unfortunately the forest was burned. Everything turned black, the animals and the birds disappeared. We are very frustrated. We need protection. Filimonas and his friend the butterfly were upset, so Filimonas decided to continue their journey to find many masketeers to protect the trees.

12th Kindergadten of Sykies

12th Kindergarten of Sykies, Thessaloniki, Greece

Fillimonas and his friend, the butterfly, thought that they should do something. While the butterfly was flying, she saw a shcool a bit further. It was a Kindergarten. The two friends got close and saw that the kids were outside and they were sad. They didn't want to play."Hello", said the two friends. " I'm Fillimonas and this is my friend, the butterfly. Why are you sad?"" Because our favourite forest burnt down. We used to play, pick flowers, pine cones. And now?" the kids exclaimed.The two friends promised to do something, but what? " Gather here to think. Fillimonas needs little helpers. All's opinion counts" said the butterfly." We have to be tree masketeers. Nature is in danger!' said Fillimonas.So the kids decided to say their opinion to the elders. They cut big colorful cardboards and wrote slogans:" Do not burn out down trees!" and " Take care of the forest animals and respect them".

They decided to put them on the roads of the city, at kindergarten and near the burnt forest!

13th Kindergarten of Sykies, Greece

The children after a long time managed to put all the signs with the slogans. It was certain that people would do everything they could to save the forest. Then suddenly a hedgehog appeared in front of them, very frightened. His eyes were shining and his thorns were all raised. The children immediately asked to know why he is in this condition. Then the hedgehog with tears in his eyes told the children that in the panic of the fire he lost his two little hedgehogs and could not find them anywhere. The children took action as soon as they heard what had happened. As masketeers of the trees and the whole forest, they were divided into groups, to look in different directions. They also asked the butterfly and Philemon to fly high from the burning forest so that they might see the little hedgehogs. So they started the mission, to search ...

Lepti Kindergarten Greece

Eventually, searching together, they found the little hedgehogs scared in the burnt forest, in a nest under a tree. They were very sad and so they thought to give them joy and decided to build them a new nest in the forest that was not burned. In a few hours the nest was ready !!! And because Christmas was approaching, they all decorated a Christmas tree with whatever material they found in nature and the children brought beautiful colored lights to celebrate together on Christmas day.

11th Kindergarten of Agios Dimitrios, Attica

“How magical is the Christmas night? It is said that wishes come true this night. When love exists, miracles happen.” Philimonas said. “Hmm..we love trees! Let’s wish that no other tree is burnt again!” the kids responded. “No other tree gets cut either!” said the Christmas tree looking extremely sad…Then the kids looked at the Christmas tree who was now crying and said: “Why are you crying? Aren’t you happy? You are so beautiful with all your decorations.”. The Christmas tree sighed…”I am happy…I’m just thinking that every year some people with big trucks and sharp axes come to our forest and cut trees, so they can decorate them. They cut all my friends and I haven’t seen them again…Where do they go? What happens to them after Christmas time is over? Why aren’t they returning to our forests...

3rd Kindergarten of Filiatra, Greece

Filimonas when he heard this, from the Christmas tree, decided to find his friends, the trees and tell them to go back to their forest. So he asked for the help of the sun and the wind:”My sun, you can see all the creation from above, tell me, do you see where are the friends of the Christmas tree?" The sun, at one glance, found them. They were all gathered in a lush forest. He said to the wind: “Help our friend Filimona to go there to talk to them". The wind replied “with great pleasure”and blew with force, Fffrrrrrr, the Filimona. It was found near the cut dry trees. "Eee what are you doing all together here? Let’s go to your forest to your friend who is waiting for you." The trees said : “Aaa no! We will stay here and with our logs will be built a wooden house , that many children will stay and they will be .... the tree Masketeers. They will protect the forest from fire. We are assigning to you Filimona a mission. All the burned forests must be replanted, what would you.....?

PM3 "Niezapominajka", Poland

...say to that? immediately agreed. He asked the wind to get him back to the burnt forest. He told the Christmas tree about her kind and noble friends and about the missoin. knew he couldn't fulfill the mission without the help of the Tree Masketeers. Children helped him replant all burnt trees in the forest and asked: "Mr golden Sun, please shine down on trees, and you Mr Rain water them anytime they need." The children also said to the littleones "Please do not afraid and never give up. Grow big and strong. We will be taking care of you and protecting you." The Christmas tree and all the animals from the burnt forest were pleased and happy, but Butterfly said thare are more burnt and cuted forests in the world and...

OŠ BOVEC, 1st Grade, SLOVENIA

Fillimon decided to look for even more T(h)ree Musketeers. He asked the wind to carry him around the world, and invited his friend the butterfly to come with him. That's how their journey around the world began. They visited all the kindergartens and schools, and asked the children to become guardians of the forests (T(h)ree Musketeers).

The children also asked all the adults, to help them save the forests. From now on, all the people on our planet are carefully protecting and looking after the nature.

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