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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 15 I say, “We can have a debate like they have on TV. Those pro- grams are great.” “I like that idea, Hanadi! We could impersonate some celebrities discussing the crisis or football, but in a funny way,” says José. “Yeah, sure! This morning, you wouldn’t let me do the dance thing because it was too much like a TV program, and now you want to copy a debate program. That’s not fair!” Silvia com- plains. “All right, all right, Silvia is right,” Danilo says. “I also want- ed to do something related to collecting objects from around the vil- lage, which actually has a lot to do with the camp’s theme. However, I admit that I love the idea of having a debate with important people instead of a play. And we could complain about the things we don’t like, but with some humor. For example, we could complain about what happened with the water today. If we protest in a funny way, nobody should get angry, not even Rufino.” “You just can’t help be- ing a nerd,” José laughs. “But I like the idea. We wouldn’t have to learn a lot of lines; each role could represent one perspective, and then we could improvise.“ José doesn’t like studying very much. I have a suggestion. “We could organize a meeting with experts, a meeting of people who know loads about things like this…” “It’s funny to hear ‘loads’ coming from you.” José is laughing again. “… and who are capable of discussing unfair things.” I ignore him while giving him a stern look. “I agree with Danilo that this show is a good chance to talk about what happened this morning at the river.” “Cool! Now, we`ve got to think about how to set things up so we can do the play in front of the whole village,” says Danilo. “We’ll have to be careful so they don’t get angry and ban us from their pond and their village,” Silvia points out. “Well,” I say, “I think that talking about what happened this morning is okay, and it might serve as an opportunity to talk about more general things like the environment, the butterfly effect and…” “The what effect?” José asks “I’ve never heard of that. I’m not sure I want to do this debate thing, this expert discussion or whatever.” I answer him. “The butterfly effect is a way of explaining that what we do to nature in one place may have consequences some- where really far away. The teacher explained it in class.” “So, I’m