Joel Braverman High School - Summit Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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A FABLE Once upon a time, there was a forest in the land of B ---- that blossomed every spring into a beautiful woodland of delicate and aromatic flowers and trees. In this forest, there was a tall, masculine oak tree with long, muscular limbs. He had a voluminous head of green leaves, which were very beneficial to his carrying out the life-sustaining process of photosynthesis. His bark was just the right thickness, contained very sensual transverse lines, and was an attractive shade of brown. This oak was truly an Adonis leven the pali- sade layer of his leaves was perfectll. Planted a few feet away from him was a dainty willow tree. She too was very attrac- tive, especially in the spring when her flowers were flourishing. She became enamored of the oak tree, and devised a scheme to attract his attention. When a gentle wind blew, she would gracefully sway in his direction, and extend her branches so that he could inhale the enchanting aroma of her flowers. Her strategy was a coup de maitre. The oak tree fell in love with her, and became desirous of her shapely trunk. They would wistfully stare at each other from afar, while the robins flew back and forth exchanging the trees' vows of unceasing devotion to each other. The news of their relationship spread quickly through the forest. The birds chirped about it, and the flowers whispered to each other about this strange affair, and rumors of marriage were circulated, until the news eventually reached the mayor of the forest. The mayor became enraged, uprooted himself, and stomped over to the willow tree and her courter. He ordered them to stop their foolish flirtation, but they refused to listen. In re- taliation, the mayor extirpated the willow tree and replanted her at the other end of the forest so that she would never be able to see her lover again. The mayor was opposed to cross-pollination, and had decided that separation was the most logical solution to the problem. Time passed rather slowly, as it seems to do for trees, and the oak and the willow continued to pine for each other. They refused to associate with the other trees of their species or to accept robins into their boughs to deliver messages and any stray breeze passing through them took on a sad moan. Now this self-imposed isolation angered the other trees Cwho were fascinated by the sound of their own voices and were insulted to find that someone else was notl. So it was that the mayor proposed a plan: namely that each of the two trees be told that the other had been felled by the local woodcutter--it being hoped that this would cause them to forget about each other. The plan was unanimously approved Ceven by the parents of the two would-be lovers who said that after all, it was for their own goodl. And the two swiftest, most cunning, and most persistant robins were dispatched to deliver the bad VIEWS . The oak and the willow tree were sapped of their zest for life after hearing the mortify- ing news about the fate of the other. They could no longer endure living in this forest where traces of their beloveds lingered on, and in their utmost despondency, the two inconsolable trees slit their ro-ots. A few days later, the woodcutter entered the forest and was startled by the sight of the two dead trees. He hypothesized that their death was caused by dis- ease, and hastened to chop down all the remaining trees before the entire forest would be- come infected. S Sharon Frommer 125