Olivia the turtle along with all other ocean creatures got an invitation for a big meeting by the Ocean king. She searches for a safe place on the beach to keep her eggs. She hurriedly runs to her friend ‘Kum Kum’ the crab. Both enter into the ocean. Inside Ocean Kings Court which is on the ocean bed, Olivia can see a big ocean king, wearing his usual white dhoti and white shirt sitting with a gloomy face over a big stone. The whole court is silent. Almost all water animals are already sitting in the court.

Dolphin, Starfish, Shark, Octopus, Seahorse, Whale, Crab, Bluewhale, Killerwhale, Seal, Walrus, Cuttlefish, Lobster, Clownfish, Humpback whale, Dugong, Eel, Sponge, and many other sea animals. She sees many unknown ladies and gents there sitting beside Ocean King.

But she becomes amused to see all the sea plants sitting on opposite sides. Red algae, Kelp, Phytoplankton, Algae, Seagrass, Sea lettuce, Sargassum, Diatom, Seaweed, Seagrass, Eelgrass,

"Why are all plants here?" Olivia whispers.

"Hey! See rivers are also here. The yellow saree-wearing lady is Brahmaputra and the red one is Jamuna" Lobster says.

"There are also rivers Sutlej and Beas." Says the Blue whale.

Olivia sees everyone with surprise, each one there is new to her.

"See the dark handsome bodybuilder wearing black attire is Cloud King" Crab whispers.

"And who is that thin gentleman? He can't even sit at one place" Octopus asks.

"OH! He is wind king" answers the blue whale

"Why all are quiet?" Olivia asks curiously.

"We are waiting for River Ganga to begin our meeting," Ele says.

"OH!!" Olivia has heard about Ganga but has never seen it. She has heard that Ganga is pious and clear as crystal.

Suddenly Ocean King in his usual grave voice starts the meeting by saying " Namaskar to all! It seems Ganga is late. I have requested her to visit Himalaya and ask about his wellbeing but it seems she is stuck there."

"We can start the meeting and sister Ganga can join later," river Brahmaputra says.

"You know this meeting is called by our plants brother and sisters. Let's listen to their problem ." Ocean King says.

Algae stands up. "Hello, friends! We are here with a very big problem. We live in shallow water. Recently ocean temperature has been rising and the sea level is also rising. We are not going to survive if this continues. Is there any value in our life or not? "

Suddenly crab also stands up "Ocean is eroding our habitat. Even Olivia is facing problems laying her eggs."

Ocean got up, "Yes, sorry for the trouble caused. But I am not responsible for what is happening.

In general, the temperature is rising. What is it called?"

He pauses.

"Yes, greenhouse effect. As the temperature rises ice in Himalaya is melting. All rivers are bringing more water and my level is rising." The ocean king explains.

"As temperature is rising more water evaporates and I am increasing in size. My condition is not good.

Sometimes I am forced to rain in an area where I have not dreamed of throwing even a drop of water for thousands of years. Means I am raining over deserts. " Cloud tells.

Suddenly Ganga River comes running huffing and puffing. Her saree seems dirty. Her face has a black cover and there is no glow on her face. Hair totally white.

Everyone becomes surprised to see Ganga in this condition. There is a sudden uneasiness in the court.

"What happened? You seem unwell. " Asks Ocean King.

"Yes, I am sick. Thunders Ganga.

"What can you expect?" People are throwing bones, sewerage water, factory wastes even water from leather industries into me. How much can I withstand?" Says Ganga coughing continuously.

"It's all because of that human. We have to change for them. How many adaptations can we do?"

The cloud says angrily.

All are silent supporting Cloud and river Ganga.

"In recent times so many humans coming inside the sea also" seagrass breaks the awkward silence.

"Yes, that is sea diving. Humans are very fond of this.

They call themselves tourists" tells Tortoise.

"And for these tourists, the Himalayas are in a very bad condition. " Jamuna joins.

"Himalaya is suffering due to widening of roads, shift in agricultural practice and large numbers of cement factories. " Wind says.

"See my hair greyed by cement. I visited the Himalayas and everywhere dust and dust”. River Ganga tells.

"Yes, they are closing our flow us by making a dam on us. " River Sutlej joins in.

Olivia is now feeling uneasy “Closing mighty rivers then what about us,” she thinks to herself.

"They have made all mountain rivers into streams.

"Beas river tells.

"This is too much to handle. They are going destroy us.

They require punishment" Cloud says.

"But they are very powerful. They have a weapon called technology." Ocean God tells.

"By that weapon, they are able to control us also." Wind says.

" We have to combine our power to defeat this tourist or human”. Plants suggest.

"I can burst and cause extreme damage in mountains.

As they have changed many things they will suffer from flash floods." Cloud tells.

"We will help you," all rivers say in unison.

“Even we can request the sun to help to destroy this human. Have you seen how they are increasing in number." wind says.

"We will have another meeting in fifteen days to decide the next action." Blue whale tells.

“But I will start my work from today only.

I am not going to wait for your decision to strike or not. I am Going to burst into the Himalayas and teach human-consequences of destroying mountains.” Cloud thunders while flying away.

"I am going to help him."Wind tells and he also flies away with clouds. All rivers rise and say" If could is going to burst, we are going to overflow as human has covered us with musk."

All rivers leave in a hurry.

“I request all present in this meeting to give ideas on how we can destroy humans. It is self-defense. Otherwise, we are all going to be destroyed. Dismissed "the ocean declared.

Olivia leaves immediately. Her heart is very heavy.

Before this meeting, she did not have an idea of such a grave situation.

She reaches for her eggs and while sitting on them to hatch she wishes luck to cloud and wind to be successful in their effort of destroying humans.

She wants a safe future for her children without these humans.

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