The Lonely Marsh

About The Lonely Marsh

There once was a Lonely Marsh in Wisconsin. The Marsh was all alone. Well- mostly alone. The Marsh did have one sidekick, a Green Frog. It lived amidst acres of corn and soybean fields.

The Marsh and the Cranes

The Marsh wasn’t always lonely. It used to have many visitors: bugs, birds, seeds… It had many Marsh neighbors. Each summer, gigantic white birds would come and lay eggs by the Marsh. They would raise a baby there, and take off in the autumn. These birds are called Whooping Cranes.

The Farmers

One year, many summers ago, the cranes didn’t come back. A farmer lived with the Marsh. The farmers tended the land and loved the land. Like most farmers, they didn’t have a lot of money. They decided to cultivate the soil where the Marsh sat. The farmer was a dreamer, but the farmer couldn’t see the marsh for what it was - something special.

The farmer had a lot of learning to do. But so did the marsh. Did they learn to live with each other instead of against each other? Did the cranes ever return?