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Monday, March 12, 2007 Supposed to be taking a nap but can't seem to get to sleep, so I'll tell myself a bedtime story =) The Elm Trees Disclaimer: Not geographically accurate. Once upon a time, on a hill there were 2 elm trees. Tree A lived on top of the hill, while Tree B lived halfway up the hill. The hill was big, and there were many trees, and these 2 trees did not know each other. However, the soil on which Tree A stood was unstable, and as a result it was slowly sliding down the hill, a few inches a year. Tree A noticed this, of course, but could do nothing about it. And down it went, until, on a particularly wet year, it met Tree B. Of course, interactions and emotions in trees are very very different from that in humans, but what both trees felt as they saw each other is probably equivalent to what we humans call love at first sight. However, their joy at meeting each other was tempered by the fact that, in way too short a time, Tree A will go on its way down to the bottom of the hill, and they will never see each other ever again. Tree B, regrettably, stood on firm ground. In the short time that they have left, both trees tried frantically to figure out how to stop their imminent separation. They twined their branches together, but both knew that those thin branches will simply break under the stress. They were too far away to use their main branches, that might be strong enough to withstand the forces, and have no way to get closer -- elm trees, by their very nature, do not bend very well. The two trees would not give up. The distance between them grew slowly closer, as Tree A continued its slide down the hill; but never were they close enough to use their branches to hold each other. Then the distance between them stopped shrinking, and gradually they drew apart. It was another particularly wet year, where downpours lasted a week, to them just moments. Excruciatingly long moments, because all too soon they will be forever separated. But that year, the distance between the two trees never grew. Nor the year after, nor the year after that. The soil continued its inevitable decline, until it became a small hill, in its own right, at the bottom of the large hill. But throughout those years the two trees stood together, both unmoving. The wind brought whispers of joy as it flew through the leaves of these two trees. It wasn't until much later that humans discovered the place, and earmarked it for development. As they cleared the forest the workers discovered an interesting phenomenon. Two trees, side by side, whose roots were all intertwined and fused. "They were almost one tree, instead of two," commented a botanist who was called down, "supporting each other, sharing nutrients and water.." The End. Now for a second try at napping =)
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