Small maple and big green pine

The little maple tree was just bought by the owner from the flower and grass market and planted in this strange forest.

It looks around every day and feels very fresh. Surrounded by all kinds of unknown trees, across the owner's house, behind the house are a few majestic and tall green pines.

One of the pine trees caught its attention. It looks old, but maybe all the pines in the world look old. Although Xiao Fengshu has never seen the world, Qingsong is known to everyone, and it looks the same all year round. In fact, it is difficult to tell the age. It speaks very little, but seems friendly. There was a cold wave two days ago. It saw the few leaves of the little maple tree shivering. It kindly moved its body as far as possible to the air vent, stretched out its thick and slender arms, and tried to help it. Block out a little.

The weather today is good. Little Maple is also in a bright mood. It mustered up the courage to say hello to Qingsong: Qingsong, hello!

Hello, little maple!

I'm new here and don't know anything, please take care of me!

I know you are new here. How are you, are you still used to it?

Well, the location here is very good. It is warm in the small valley. Everyone around is also very good, especially you, who take good care of me. You helped me protect me from the cold wind the day before yesterday. Thank you very much!

You're welcome, you're a novice, and I should. Unfortunately, I can't take care of you for a few days. There is still a long way to go, and it's all up to you.

Why do you say that? You look young and strong, and isn't your family known for longevity?

Our family is long-lived. I was out of luck though, the place was too close to the owner's house. Year after year, my arms were too long, blocking the light in the house, and sticking out on the roof, compromising the safety of the house. So the master decided to cut me off.

What? cut you off? How could this be? You are still so healthy, no disease and no pain! And you didn't block the house, obviously you're so far away?

From our point of view, it really is not blocking anything. We have been like this since we were young, each with its own roots, growing together, and whoever has the strength will go up, stick out from various gaps, grow high, and rush towards the sun. Whoever has less strength has to endure the shadows, which is not ideal, but fair. No tree will cut off the limbs of another tree to make room for itself. But the human world is completely different. You have just arrived, so many things you haven't seen yet. Our trees can do anything, such as violent storms, scorching sun, heavy snow blocking mountains, squirrels, birds, goshawks, and serpents, all of which are easy to deal with, except that we cannot step into the human world for half a step, and they will be killed at any time. disaster. Whether it's because of being tall, short, sick, down, crooked, or just because you don't look so good, you may die, and there's no reason to say it.

ah? Is it so scary? ! The owner treated me very well the other day when he brought me back from the store. He chose this very good vacant land for me, planted me gently, carefully buried the soil, watered it well, fertilized it well... and talked to me softly for a while. I really didn't see that there was such a big conspiracy here.

Not to mention conspiracy. Humans don't need to use conspiracy against us at all. Look at the grass under your feet, they have never grown to their normal height, they are always flattened viciously as soon as they emerge. Under your feet now, there used to be a very beautiful and big apple tree. Every spring, the first blooms are always white, like snowflakes, one by one, jumping on the tree. The previous owner used to like it very much. But a few years ago, I don't know if it was due to lightning or something, and suddenly the right waist was cracked, and two branches collapsed. It didn't die, neither did the two branches, each of them continued to grow and bloom, but it looked a little ugly, a clean big tree, and now it looks like a pile of random piles. The owner didn't like it very much and planned to remove it forever. If it weren't for the fact that the owner was too busy for the past two years, it would not have been there two years ago. After barely two years, this spring, before the flowers were fully bloomed, they were sawed off by a chainsaw and pulled away, leaving the grass completely white. After another two months, you are here.

God, that sounds like I robbed it of its life! is this real? I'm so sad about this... oh my! The little maple tree burst into tears. Its roots were not deep enough to be buried in the ground. Thinking of the life that had just been taken away here, not a single leaf was left, and it also trembled with sadness.

Silly boy, don't be sad. Where is your fault. Since it grows in the garden of human beings, this is our inevitable destiny. If you want to survive, you must listen to the master's words and obediently please him. Otherwise, if you liked it the day before, and saw you frown the next day, bad things are not far away, alas. I've lived so long, I've seen too many of these things.

You are so tall and tall, and you have always guarded the master, why is the master so cruel and willing to cut you down! It's too much!

In fact, in all fairness, he is no worse than others, but he is human after all. And I'm just a dispensable tree. Someone suggested that he cut me off two years ago for safety and light. The master didn't take it seriously, and felt that if it didn't matter in front of him, it would be better to stay still. Among human beings, he is a person who truly loves nature, and he usually tries his best to avoid things that can be avoided. But later, more and more people said the same thing, from weeding, to decorating stairs, to moving furniture, all said that this is too dangerous, and it is better to solve it sooner rather than later. He finally made up his mind. Of course, there is also the factor of money. I heard them chatting under my feet that day, saying that it would cost more than 2,000 yuan to cut me off, and if I had to transport it away, I would add another 500 yuan.

Is it going to cost you so much money or is he going to cut you off? Maybe he will forget it for the money, you know, he bought me for less than 100 yuan. He probably wouldn't be willing to cut down a tree, but it would cost two or three thousand dollars.

I used to think so too. I thought that after living for so many years, I still had some grasp of people's thoughts. But I found myself wrong, they had ideas that we'll probably never understand. He did hesitate for a while for such an expensive price, but that didn't stop him from making up his mind. Perhaps this is indeed a very important thing for people, and it is as important as life and death. So anyway, I heard from him that day and decided it was next Wednesday.

Omg I can't take it! I really can't take it! I just met you...you have such a good heart...this... woo woo woo...

Silly child, stop crying. Life and death are normal. In fact, this is not the case with people, it's just that their life and death are not in our hands, and our life and death are often in their hands. They are good, we are good, we all have that day. You are still young, and you will gradually understand later. Don't immerse yourself in pain, and enjoy life while you are young! Every day is different and every day is precious.

Xiao Fengshu was sobbing that he couldn't raise his head. The few leaves that had just grown up and down the body were shaking disproportionately.

Qingsong comforted it and said: Silly child, don't cry, don't cry. While I'm still here, I just happened to say a few words to you, which is to leave you with a little life experience, maybe you can use it later. You know, the owner bought you because you were a maple. Maple trees are very popular here because you can see beautiful red leaves in autumn, and you can also extract maple sugar in late winter. After a few years, you will grow into a tall and handsome handsome guy who can light up the whole house, even When you sell a house, you can get a good price. So you don't have to worry for the time being, as long as you grow up well and grow up quickly, the master will love you very much. However, in autumn and winter, when it is time to work hard, don't begrudge your strength. It can become more red and red, how much honey can be produced, and how much honey can be produced, and try to make the owner happy.

Xiao Fengshu had tears on her face and wanted to thank Qingsong, but she was speechless. For a long time, I said: Master... Although the master is so hateful, but... he is not a bad person, why can't we... and people be happy together... Live happily, just like me and you, like me Like these brothers and sisters around you? ...It's not nice to hurt anyone, isn't it?

Qingsong smiled and said: That is an ideal, but it is impossible in reality. Although we came much earlier than humans, and I have been here for over a hundred years, this house was built less than 70 years ago. It used to be the same as the mountain behind it, it was an undisturbed grove, only us, bugs, birds, squirrels, goshawks... Of course, there were also sun, moon, wind and rain, frost and snow. According to human logic, yes, this should be our land. But what can we do, we can't speak, we can't fight, we can only silently accept the fate that people bring us. It's not just us, all the trees in the world, all the animals in the woods you see, are like this. My child, you are still young, and you still don’t understand that the biggest difference between the human world and ours is that there is no fairness and rationality. Don't go to human beings for fairness, that's not going to end well. All you have to do is live your life and try to stay away from people, and if you can't, try to make them happy, as I just told you. This is the way I have survived for so many years, you have to remember it well.

Xiao Fengshu cried so hard that she could hardly breathe: Thank you...Thank you! But... But, I still hope you are... too! Speaking of this, Xiao Fengshu was even more sad, crying so much that she couldn't say a word.

I hope too, but I'm afraid there is no way! Don't be sad, boy, this is life. Just treat it as the first lesson of your life. To be remembered forever by you like this, my life is not meaningless after all.

After speaking, Qingsong shook his shoulders and dropped a few of the plumpest pine cones, which rolled down to the feet of the little maple tree, forming a small circle, like a beautiful little necklace. A little gift is a welcome to you and a goodbye to you. Breathe big and live red, child! No matter what the world becomes, enjoy every day of life, life is the best, don't let go, grab it.