A gust of wind blew through the trees, giving her goosebumps.


The temperature was certainly low that day.



She stood in the midst of the woods.


Soon someone would be coming down the forest path, calling out her name loudly, scaring all the birds.


Not like there were too many species of birds in that particular patch of forestry.


It was mainly -- towering trees with burnished trunks, wild grasses, and short shrubs.


She looked above her head -- the sky was cloudless, a pleasant shade of light blue.

She began walking slowly.


The small forest seemed to stretch on for miles -- with its glaucous interior becoming denser and darker with every step she took towards it.

It was a rather windy day.




She stopped.





A cool breeze was blowing, making the leaves rustle and the taller grasses sway with its force.



After a few moments of silence, there was a stronger breeze.



She heard it distinctly now.





The trees were talking.


The sun in the sky remained fully obscured in the dense foliage of the whispering forest.



Yes, trees did speak.



She heard them whisper her name, as they almost tried to move their roots out of the soil, swaying their green leaves -- and with the susurration of their leaves, they discussed about the mysteries of the universe.


Of the blue planet called Earth and beyond.


Of transient Life... and infinite Death. 



About humans, too.



How this stretch of forestry had been initiated by those very bipeds who had wiped off their brothers in millions; chiefly for their own selfish needs.



The trees had seen it all.



They knew it all.



They were wiser than what the wisest individual could have concluded then to be.




Maybe they were incapable of speaking, basifixed, seemingly inanimate and oh! maybe they had no blood, but water and ions in their veins; but they were more powerful than those that had controlled them since ancient times.




And if they vanished, no human would ever survive on Earth anymore.





She heard the trees whispering in the wilderness.




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