¹     Trina and Ellie leaned on a fence. They watched a bird fly over the marshy area behind the local mall.
 
²     "It's so beautiful," said Ellie. "Can you hear the frogs?"
 
³     Trina looked sad. "Why do they have to fill it in?"
 
⁴     "They need more parking," said Ellie. "There's not enough room for all the cars since they expanded the mall."
 
⁵     "I don't know why they can't build a parking garage instead."
 
⁶     "Who knows?" said Ellie, putting her head in her hands.
 
⁷     "We need to do something," said Trina.
 
⁸     "What can we do?"
 
⁹     "I don't know," said Trina. "Wetlands are an important part of nature. Remember what we learned in school?"
 
¹⁰     "I remember studying them. But I can't remember why they were important."

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