Once there was a time of invention, of cold steel buildings and pavements. Of running cars and planes and people. An age of progress with a very high cost.

Pollution smothered the clean air, clouded the once clear water, poisoned animals. Poisoned people even. But what about the other living thing?

Mother Nature.

Beautiful and serene, She gave life to every sprout and blade of grass. Fed every animal and allowed them to pass into the next life on Her soil so they too can give life to the creatures in the ground.

Through high heat and rain and snow She endured it all. And for what? Her trees to be cut down cruelly and in their place left barren. Her animals to be killed for sport without necessity. Her oceans filled with oil and waste.

Yet Mother Nature is also destructive and vindictive. Harsh storms rained down on the Earth. More than any other years before : hurricanes that swept the coasts, tornados that ripped away anything in its path, and earthquakes that burst open the ground in jagged lines. She had enough.

And when it was all said and done, Mother Nature took over all progress. Creeping lazily across those buildings and cars and landed planes, the rest of the human race restarted again.

Progress was made but in a whole different way. Gone was the use of batteries and electricity and oil. In its place were the sun and water and wind. Planting more trees and creating more reserves protected the forests and animals. Oceans were cherished more than ever before.

Progress was made without cost.

Clear blue skies and rolling forests were the norm with the buildings from before dotting here and there. Green-blue oceans were seen for miles upon miles.

Mother Nature won and the new and better future was on the horizon.