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A beautiful story that teaches children about the goodness of understanding and accepting 'differences' in life.
A forest grew tall and proud on the land. Its trees were strong. Their bark was smooth. Their leaves were sleek and glossy green. One day a bird from a faraway place flew over the forest and dropped a seed. The seed took root and a sapling grew. Its bark was rough and mottled. Its leaves were pale and fat.
The forest grumbled. Its trees tried to block out the sun, but the sapling grew. The forest rumbled. Its tried to block out the rain, but still the sapling grew. The forest roared to its friend the wind, to blow. And it did. The sapling bent, and shook and swayed, but its roots stayed firm. And it grew, and grew, and grew, until it wasn't a sapling any more. It was a tree of the forest. But not a forest tree. It was different. Not tall and straight. Not smooth and sleek. Not glossy green. But full and luch, with branches flowing this way and that.
When spring came, buds and berries peeped through the pale fat leaves and covered the tree like a bright yellow tablecloth. The forest sighed. It was not perfect any more. Everything was not the same. Then suddenly, insects came to feed on the blossoms and hide in the leaves. Birds came to hunt the insects and eat the berries. Some of the berries dropped on to the soft, fertile earth, and more trees grew - full lush trees with branches flowing this way and that. Animals came to make their homes in the new trees, and the forest came alive. A real forest of strong, tall trees with sleek glossy leaves, fat lush trees with bright yellow blossoms...and live.
And the forest was happy. Until...one day a bird from a faraway place flew over the forest and dropped a seed.
'Bloom where you are planted' - Anon
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