In the best case, a few governments -- in particular, European ones--can argue that their countries have managed to reverse the process and that they have more "forests" than before. However this hides two fundamentally important
facts. On the one hand, that the extension of their "forested area" refers in fact to monoculture tree plantations that
have little to do with their original forests. On the other hand, it hides an even more important fact that conservation of
its forests has been achieved at the expense of the forests of other countries, in particular those of the South.

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

explanation:

hmm, sadly there is no dialogue. there is no place in the story where he is talking to anyone. it's more of just describing what he eats and where he sleeps. you have to become anne frank, give details of where you are, what other folks look like, how the environment is. have a little bit of dialogue tell of what people are specifically saying. anne frank talked about her entire household including the people, the objects, the lighting, the food they ate, and even the smell in the air. there has to be more to your diary entries, the whole story in its current state is only about peter van daan, the food, the sounds, and where he sleeps. also he seems to be writing only once a year yet more than that happened from day to day. for a friend, i can you write it out, if you want.

it took the same time to travel by as it did on   train : ) hope i