Too much is too much (ecological tale for children)

Preface to the modern ecological tale for children: Too much is too much.
"A mischievous, joyful tale that awakens the childlike soul in all of us."

IL Y AVAIT UN JARDIN Georges Moustaki
This is a song for children who are born and live
between steel and asphalt, between concrete and asphalt,
And who may never know
That the earth was a garden.

There was a garden called the earth.
It shone in the sun like forbidden fruit.
No, it wasn't heaven or hell
Nor was it anything we'd seen or heard of before.

There was a garden, a house, trees,
With a bed of moss to make love in
And a little stream rolling without a ripple
Came to refresh it and continued its course.

There was a garden as big as a valley.
You could eat there in all seasons,
On the burning earth or on the frozen grass

And discover flowers that had no name.
There was a garden called the earth.
It was big enough for thousands of children.
It was once inhabited by our grandfathers,
who themselves inherited it from their grandparents.

Where is this garden where we could have been born,
where we could have lived carefree and naked?
Where is this house with its doors wide open,
that I'm still looking for and can't find?

Publishing house: Bulle Verte C/O EcoGam
Authors: Philippe BARTHELEMY Jacques-Henri TOURNADRE / 45 pages / Published: December 2011 / ISBN: 978 2 95 40880 0 6

In the same dynamic for children, discover Waste Land 🙂