“Weren’t you here, like, five minutes ago?`’, the tree said, looking down at me.
“No, no — it’s been ages since we were out here last,” I responded, my neck craned upward.
The tree rustled a little in the wind, I’m pretty sure it was laughing.
“People,” the tree said. “They think they understand time!”
We people think we understand a lotta’ things. This post reminds me of Shel Silverstein’s book, The Giving Tree.
This is sweet. You should see Princess Mononoke – such an interesting take on trees and their spirits (and how they view the world).