Kid Writes Adorable Letter To Yosemite National Park, Apologizes For Taking Sticks (PHOTO)

This kid note submitted to Reddit by user and self-proclaimed Yosemite National Park Ranger bestmattever, shows the dismay of a young child named Evie, who wrote the letter with two sticks attached because the child knew they were "not supposed to take things from the park."

The humanity! To the Yosemite National Park gulag with Evie! Those are irreplaceable one-of-a-kind twigs.

But Park Ranger Bestmattever is endeavoring to live up to his Reddit username, and there will be no gulag for little Evie.

"I sent her a nice letter and an extra Junior Ranger badge. I told her how impressed we all were, and how we hung up her letter in our office so we could show others how great our Junior Rangers like Evie are," he said in a comment on the thread.

And at Evie's request to "please put them back in nature," Mr. Park Ranger says he will be photographing various spots in the park and will ask Evie which spots to place the twigs.

(H/T Twentytwowords)

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Comments

[zeedubya]

07:23 PM on 03/03/2013

Awww...it's so cute. Now she does not feel entitled to a luxury car, the biggest home, the highest paying job, and I hope she continues down that path that being one with nature and the simple things is the best.

[SteveInNOLA]

11:34 AM on 03/02/2013

When I was four I went to a hardware store with my Dad and there were these bins of wood pellets that are used to start fires. They were about the size of eraser heads and they were perfect for throwing at my big sister. On the way out to the car my Pops saw me throw one at my sister and asked what I had. Seeing that I had a handful of what amounted to saw dust pellets he made me go back in by myself, bring them up to the register, set them down and apologize for stealing. He told me whatever the consequence was I would have to accept it.

I did not steal anything else from that day forward. It is good for parents to instill a moral compass in their children and this kid has good parents. We need more of them.

[Dakotadem]

10:30 AM on 03/02/2013

What a wonderful little girl! I'm guessing there is at least one pretty great parent involved in this, too!

[SaddleBum]

10:17 AM on 03/02/2013

a drone picked up her theft.

she was hours away from homeland security bashing down the door

lucky girl

[Candida3]

09:38 AM on 03/02/2013

Now if we can only get Washington to put back the money taken from the Social Security Trust....

[benandpogo]

05:34 PM on 03/17/2013

Real good, Debbie downer, I was laughing at the cuteness and caring of the child, then posts like this had to ruin that. Can't you let any joy through without trying to kill it?

[Candida3]

06:10 PM on 03/17/2013

Sorry, sometimes the truth of life does get in the way of the fun, doesn't it?

[corsair1917]

09:29 AM on 03/02/2013

a lesson in ethics... please take note.

[Strywever]

08:33 AM on 03/02/2013

Someone taught this child integrity! :-)

[nbc13]

07:58 AM on 03/02/2013

Too cute. Parents must be very proud of their kid.

[edwoodjr]

07:06 AM on 03/02/2013

Irs a fake - the consistency of the lettering is off. It gets too neat with words like "things from" and reverts back to "childlike" writing. I'm never visiting a National Park again, damit!!!!!

[Katie5]

07:10 AM on 03/02/2013

You have lost it.

[edwoodjr]

08:11 AM on 03/02/2013

The world may never know.

[benandpogo]

05:37 PM on 03/17/2013

It's not a fake. She's so young she was getting each letter told to her, and when they got to "accidentally" it was just a bit too much, so the parent began helping out with the harder words at that point. Some nice things are true!

[hawaiianstile]

03:39 AM on 03/02/2013

"please put them in nature" thats just adorable.

[msbeal]

02:27 AM on 03/02/2013

Free the sticks!

[Heinrich Volker]

02:16 AM on 03/02/2013

Is someone making sure Evie is not allowed to see the multinational corporation drilling and pipelines all over our land of natural wonders, I wonder.

[hidenout3]

06:00 AM on 03/02/2013

man, just enjoy the moment and save the political rant for another thread, will ya?

[Heinrich Volker]

07:31 AM on 03/02/2013

Stop trying to stifle comments.

[KIVPossum]

01:19 AM on 03/02/2013

Mr Ranger is going to photograph various spot so Evie can select where the sticks goes. Nice. Continued communication between Mr Ranger and Evie may well put her on a course to work in some field to protect nature.

[kellerslv]

12:32 AM on 03/02/2013

What a wonderful way to respond to Evie. She will learn a life lesson from this because of the way it was handled. So will so many others. Love it.

[OverseasVet]

12:49 AM on 03/02/2013

She will learn that her private letters will become public entertainment and a money maker by the likes of HP/AOL. I'm betting its the last time she sends such a letter.

[Jack R Phillips]

12:58 AM on 03/02/2013

Damn, man, you need to shake the sand out of your tighty whities.

[AlreadyTaken12]

05:08 AM on 03/02/2013

I too love it when liberal media sites exploit children.

[NickaRay]

12:05 AM on 03/02/2013

"Please put them in nature."

Yeah, I squealed "Awwwwwe" at the moment I read the last line of the letter. Too freaking adorable..you know your parenting right when you have a kid this honest. Good job Evie. This may seem like a small gesture, but it says a lot about Evie's character..even, if only a child.