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Nature's Way
We all know that working with nature is better than working against it.
Just think of maple syrup, for example.
Maple syrup comes from maple trees. lt is made from the sap (the fluid) inside the trees. The problem is that the sap is like blood for a tree. A tree needs sap to live.
A long time ago, people took too much sap from the trees. They made so many holes in the trunks that the trees died.
Later, people learned to work with the trees without killing them. The trees could stay healthy and still produce lots of sap for maple syrup. Today, we use little pumps to get the sap out of the trees.
They work so well that some trees have been producing sap for 150 years! It takes a lot of sap to make maple syrup. For just one litre of syrup, you need 30 to 40 litres of sap!
So, if we take care of nature, it will share many treasures with us.