Frogs were once common in gardens and rice fields, where they helped control pests and their calls were a familiar sound. However, people began killing frogs to eat or sell and used various instruments to eliminate them, driving many frog species to extinction. Without frogs, pests now destroy crops freely. Farmers use chemical pesticides instead, but these are expensive, harmful to health and environment, and provide less income in the long run.

2. The Unpaid Guards
eroberogeday³GIuv sarIk;
By: Iv Sarik
KUrrUbeday³ eGt GU
Illustrated by: Eth O

3. edImeLIyenA RKb;sYnc,ar sYnbEnønana Etgman
nUvkEgáb hIug kEgábGacm¾eKa kBa©aj;eck KIgÁk;>>>
TaMghVúÚg²rs;enA .
In the past, our gardens were populated by many kinds of frogs.
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4. BYkeKrs;enAkñúgvalERspgEdr . enArdUvvsSa
eBleKacUleRkal k¥at;TaMgLayyMkgrMBg
hak;dUcR)ab;fa raRtIkalnwgcUlmkdl;ehIy .
The frogs also lived in the rice fields. In the rainy season,
in the evening when the cows went to the shed,
ka-ats cried loudly to announce the night to come.
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5. ral;yb; eBlmanePøógFøak; kEgáb hIug
yMRThwgGWgGab; . PaBRtCak; KYbpSMnwgsMelg
TaMgenHBaJúaMgeGaybriyakasmenarmüNas;.
Every night when it rained, frogs welcomed the rain with their
loud voices. This noisy sound and the cool temperature made
the people feel good.
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6. stVTaMenHmanRbeyaCn¾Nas; .
vacab;stVl¥itcéRgTaMgLaysIuCaGahar.
BYkeKCakgkarBard¾l¥ CakgkarBarEdlminTarkMér.
These animals were very useful. They ate pests.
They were very good guards and they never asked for any
payment.
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7. KµanstVcéRgbMpøaj bEnøtamsYnnana
RsUvtamERslUtlas;)anl¥..........
With no pests, the vegetables and rice grew well….
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8. ehIypþl;plCasøwk páa Epø RKab;d¾man
sCatiq¶aj;Bisar.
And produced delicious leaves, flowers, fruits and grain.
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9. b:uEnþ mnusSTaMgLayrmilKuNNas;.
BYkeKminRtwmEt )anEfrkSastVTaMgenHeT
b:uEnþeK)ansMlab;BYkvaeFVICaGahar niglk;ykR)ak;.
But people were very ungrateful. They did not only
take care of the frogs, but they also killed them to eat and to sell.
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10. eKcab;stVTaMgenHtaMBI]bkrN¾FmµtadUcCa
snÞÚc GRgut lb rhUtdl;GaKuyEdlCa
]bkrN¾sMlab;pþac;BUC.
To Kill Them, they used all local instruments such as the
santouch, the angrut, the lorp. And they used the genocide
instrument, the electric battery.
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11. bc©úb,nñenH BUCstVTaMgenHrlayGs;ehIy.
Gs;ehIysMelgk¥at;yMeBll¶ac ¡
Gs;ehIysMelghIugyMeBlePøógFøak; ¡
c,ardMNaM valERs Gs;mankgkarBareTotehIy¡
Today these frogs have become almost extinct.
No more ka-ats cry at the sunset!
No more frogs cry at the rain!
No more guards in the gardens and rice fields!
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12. stVl¥itcéRgk¾eLIgéd.
BYkvasIunigbMpøajdMNaM tamGMeBIcitþ.
Pests have now become powerful.
They eat and destroy the plants at will,
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13. edIm,IkarBardMNaMrbs;xøÜn ksikrEtgrt;rkfñaMKImI
To protect the plants, farmers use pesticides.
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14. fñaMKImImanplvi)akGaRkk;eRcInNas;.
vamantMéléfø dUcenHR)ak;cMNUlBIpldMNaMk¾Føak;cuH.
The chemical pesticides have a very negative impact.
They are expensive. So there is less income from the plants.
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15. fñaMKImImanCatiBul . ksikrmaneRKaHfñak;edaysar
kareRbIR)as;vaedayKµanRbdab;karBar .
The chemical pesticides are poisonous.
So, using them without protector make the farmers very sick.
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16. fñaMKImImanCatiBulbrisßanEfmeTot.
ehIyebIbrisßanBulehIyenaH mnusSk¾BulEdr.
The pesticides also poison the environment.
When the enviroment is poisoned, so are the people.
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