I am a tree. I love my luscious green afro during summer than, in the winter and fall my hair falls of leaf by leaf I become bald and bare. While I sleep through the winter it becomes colder and colder. Sometimes it snows and my bare branches get covered in soft white fluffy snow I love how the snowflakes come down each with a unique pattern with no two snowflakes the same.The machines start to remove the snow for the noisy rackety cars to come back and be able to drive again. I love the breeze in the fall shaking my leaves right of the tip of my branches while I watch them peacefully float down to the sidewalk. The sidewalk where no one realizes that no two trees are exactly the same either it seems like our only use is a dog restroom and a bench shade.
People walk by as if we trees don’t exist.They throw trash at us as if we’ve done something wrong.
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For all I know we’ve been filtering air for them in exchange for carbon dioxide so we trees and humans are pretty much partners in trade.I’ve seen very horrific things like trees I don’t know being sawed right down so they can start digging up our earth which to me doesn’t seem fair,how would they like it if we sawed them down? Don’t they know we have feelings too though we can’t express them we do have feelings. Right next to me is my friend bob or atleast I call him my friend he can’t speak and nor can I so we can’t really communicate. He’s not really a bother unless there’s something down the road that I can’t see because his big green afro is blocking my view. I like him better in winter because I can see right through is bare branches. I bet I get on his nerves sometimes when I’m blocking his view of something I’m enjoying but I’m blocking his view with my big afro. But in winter it all works out. The store next to me is a florist the owner is really nice to me because when there’s a lack of rain she always takes her time to make sure me and Bob stay healthy and hydrated she even gives us fertilizer to make sure our soil is healthy and full with nutrients. Her door has a bell on it so whenever a customer comes and opens the door I hear the wonderful sound of the bell ringing. She loves classical music, I learned that because that was all she played her favorite composer is Beethoven I’ve also developed a love for classical music It’s like fertilizer to my ears. Next to the florist there’s a baker whose sweets smell so good I feel as if everytime someone opens the bakery door a whiff of heaven sneaks out and the wind blows it right towards me smacking me with such a lovely scent I can taste the beautiful brownies the delicious Birthday cake the scrumptious scones if only I had the ability to eat they wouldn’t have a crumb left in that Bakery. I can always hear when someone taps the bell for the baker to come take his order. If only you’ve seen the huge wedding cakes that come out of that bakery. The cars and trucks that zoom by are so loud at night is when the amount of traffic goes down and the crickets start to orchestrate their beautiful chirping signaling everyone to go inside or that YOUR JOKES AREN’T FUNNY GEORGE THEY JUST AREN’T.
Sunday’s a bit more peaceful with everyone going to demonstrate their religion. There is one good thing about traffic the car colors and designs cars that look like they’re from the 90s or nice lamborghinis. Seeing what kind of people own what kind of cars what surprises me it seems that the 60 and 70 year olds seemed to own nice expensive cars. Middle aged people with children seem to own mini-vans with carseats in them teenagers just seem to drive their parent’s minivans but they get really distracted playing “pokeman go”? I don’t get it why do they like poking men? Or are they being poked by men? My favorite car was a yellow and black lamborghini it was going so fast! Then, it got pulled over and got a ticket for speeding.Bob doesn’t have the best image of cars, a few months ago a teen playing “pokeman go” crashed his van right into Bob so he hates the sight of cars
now. I can remember way back to when I was a small seedling That was about 20 years ago when the bakery and florist shop that I know and love today were under construction.It was a very loud time but, now it all seems worth it. The cars back then seemed all old timey unlike what I see these days but I see one or two every now and then. Bob is much bigger than me even back then he seemed huge, to me atleast. It seems like it hasn’t been that long since I was a seedling.I didn’t know that much back then but, the world was just as interesting and new as always. I wonder what Bob thought about those times. GEORGE SHUT UP NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR YOUR JOKES. George’s so annoying GEORGE NO JUST NO.
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Sometimes the grasshoppers would appear from around a blade of grass as if they were asking for approval to jump on my blanket. Every so often a leaf would jump off its branch to greet me as I sat. It would float through the air as light as feather and land softly on the grass. As the autumn drew near, it was like a rainstorm of brown, yellow and red leaves, all falling to make way for the beautiful spring leaves.
We slowly crept around the corner, finally sneaking a peek at our cabin. As I hopped out of the front seat of the truck, a sharp sense of loneliness came over me. I looked around and saw nothing but the leaves on the trees glittering from the constant blowing wind. Catching myself standing staring around me at all the beautiful trees, I noticed that the trees have not changed at all, but still stand tall and as close as usual. I realized that the trees surrounding the cabin are similar to the being of my family: the feelings of never being parted when were all together staying at our cabin.
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Deforestation means to cut down a big amount of trees, which results in damage to the quality of the land. Forests cover 30% of the earth's land, but are lost every year. The rainforest could disappear in about a hundred years because of the existing rate of deforestation.
Trees are usually considered as bland, unusual objects that are usually taken for granted; however, I believe there is more to a tree that meets the eye. They supply oxygen and shade. During the holidays, trees are able to spread holiday cheer by wearing holiday decorations. Through providing, they are always beneficial to the needs of others. Rather than having striking beauty like a flower, trees have are grounded and possess a gentle beauty; they are adapted wildflowers to their environment. In fact, if I had to compare myself to an inanimate object, I would choose a tree. A tree has many characteristics in common with me. Characteristics like relying on our roots, strength and observation, and helping others and leaving behind a powerful legacy are a few of the traits we share. All of which I believe are admirable qualities to possess.
The sunless sky covered the woods over the treetops which created a canopy over my head. The crimson and auburn foliage was a magnificent sight, as this was the season known as Fall. There was a gentle breeze, creating the single sound of rustling leaves. The leaves appeared as though they were dying to fall out of the tree and join their companions on the forest floor. Together with pine needles and other flora the leaves formed a thick springy carpet for me to walk upon.