One day an axeman wanted to clear the forest. But the axeman did not want to alarm the trees by using his hatchet, axe and saw so he went to the wizard for help. The wizard created three different potions; one which would charm the trees, a second which would wither the leaves and a third potion which would kill the trees and shared it with the axeman. The axeman said, “ It is safer to wither the leaves because killing the trees outright would cause the trees to unite and fight to save their lives.” The wizard replied, “As long as the forest gets cleared I don’t care how you do it.”
There was trouble in the forest when the shorter Maple Tree’s leaves began to wither. The taller Oak’s leaves were doing fine as they were higher and able to soak in the sunlight. The axeman was unable to apply the withering potion to the taller trees although he tried by many different means. The axeman told the trees, “The sunlight is harming you but this potion will protect you”.
The shorter maple trees happily bowed to the axesman to have his charmed lotion applied to their leaves and for a time their leaves began to flourish again. But this was because the axesman withdrew the withering potion for a time.
The Maples told the Oaks “Our leaves are green again, you should bow to the axesman for the potion to protect you” but the Oaks just shake their heads.
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