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The Wisdom of the Trees:
Heavy breathing floods my chest. I run to a forest full of immense trees. Big ones with twisted trunks and leaves in millions it would seem. I came running away from a ghostly spirit. He had come to claim my death. I just don't feel ready. I had to run but what have I arrived to?
It was nightfall. Only stars were up, other then that bitter darkness. My life has gone astray. I start to cry. I think of my regrets with remorse. I lost it all, and now I wander to this forest. I walk miles trying to save myself. I fear the unknown, so I stand still upon a tree. I sit down to watch the skyline.
I kinda feel drowsy from tiredness. My eyes are heavy from tears. I yearn for another day. I don't understand why? I am weak at times. I cry out my regret. As dawn comes, I fall asleep.
Birds singing, that wakes me up. I jolt up to another day. I was heard! The sun is barely rising. When a man comes towards me. He is an old man dressed in a cloak. His aged voice carries wisdom.
"Hello there? I live in this very tree. Who may you be?"
"Yes... I am lost. I was with a friend drinking when we parted into the woods. I felt a presence that followed me. Then, in fear i just ran."
"Well, this tree is my home. These woods I know well. My expertise it is to know a whole tree by all its elements."
"I see. I don't know much. Is there a lake near by?"
"In fact there is. It's a few miles away but approachable. I can invite you to my home and direct you where to go."
"Well fine. Please tell me more."
"Come let's go. Inside my tree is my home."
The boy went alongside the wizard and entered his home. The wizard's home was strange. He had plants and what seemed to be potions. Possibly remedies also! What have I stumbled upon, thought the boy.
"Would you care for tea or water?"
"Water please."
The boy was given water. He was invited to the old man's table.
"You are lost correct?"
"Yes. I ran away from a ghostly spirit and into these woods. I had fear of death to be honest."
"Death puts us in fear. We fear to decay and lose it all. But even these immense trees die. Even after many generations. They fall to their death but that doesn't take away...
It was nightfall. Only stars were up, other then that bitter darkness. My life has gone astray. I start to cry. I think of my regrets with remorse. I lost it all, and now I wander to this forest. I walk miles trying to save myself. I fear the unknown, so I stand still upon a tree. I sit down to watch the skyline.
I kinda feel drowsy from tiredness. My eyes are heavy from tears. I yearn for another day. I don't understand why? I am weak at times. I cry out my regret. As dawn comes, I fall asleep.
Birds singing, that wakes me up. I jolt up to another day. I was heard! The sun is barely rising. When a man comes towards me. He is an old man dressed in a cloak. His aged voice carries wisdom.
"Hello there? I live in this very tree. Who may you be?"
"Yes... I am lost. I was with a friend drinking when we parted into the woods. I felt a presence that followed me. Then, in fear i just ran."
"Well, this tree is my home. These woods I know well. My expertise it is to know a whole tree by all its elements."
"I see. I don't know much. Is there a lake near by?"
"In fact there is. It's a few miles away but approachable. I can invite you to my home and direct you where to go."
"Well fine. Please tell me more."
"Come let's go. Inside my tree is my home."
The boy went alongside the wizard and entered his home. The wizard's home was strange. He had plants and what seemed to be potions. Possibly remedies also! What have I stumbled upon, thought the boy.
"Would you care for tea or water?"
"Water please."
The boy was given water. He was invited to the old man's table.
"You are lost correct?"
"Yes. I ran away from a ghostly spirit and into these woods. I had fear of death to be honest."
"Death puts us in fear. We fear to decay and lose it all. But even these immense trees die. Even after many generations. They fall to their death but that doesn't take away...
