“Finish Me” Stories by Other Authors

Two Trees Talking

By Mark Freeman, author of Cricket Nature.

At the edge of a forest, where a cliff overlooks an ocean, a couple tall trees were talking in the dark late one night.

One said, "May I ask you something?"

"Certainly," said the other.

"I know you all have been all over the world. I, on the other hand... well, I have never been out of this forest. So my question is, What was it like for you in other places?"

The other tree brought in its branches a bit to gather its thoughts.

"Well, I'll tell you," it said.

But it couldn't. Because at that moment, a sudden gust of wind blew. And then another, and another, and suddenly you couldn't see the stars anymore for the clouds racing up.

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