The Pine Child

What did you wish for most when you were a child? The Pine Child, growing up surrounded by the trunks of many tall pines on a forested hillside, can only see a small patch of sky up above. It dearly wants to grow into a tall and mighty tree so that it can look out over the other treetops and see the whole sky and the sun rising and setting on the far horizons. This wish to grow tall and see the whole sky fills the Pine Child's spirit and keeps it yearning upwards through every season. Then,...