56192 - The language of trees
N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Athina Kehagias
Miss: You ought to know, Michael, that the trees heard you as well…
Michael: How do you know, Miss?
Miss: I saw what they had written upon their leaves.
Michael: Do you know the language of the trees?
Miss: It’s a very old tradition… It also has letters…
Michael: Will you teach it to me as well?
Miss: Whatever you want, Michael.
Michael: I already am happy.
Miss: Tell me for what reason…
Michael: Because they are free and their language is free.
Miss: I understand. It is a reinforcement.
Michael: Isn’t that proper, Miss?
Miss: Of course it is. I just had not thought of it till now.
Michael: And don’t the young ones contribute to the adults?
Miss: The Forest is the living proof.
Michael: We ought to come more often.
Miss: You are learning to live free here.
Michael: Here is where I realized that I was trapped elsewhere.
Miss: The Forest belongs to our foundations.
Michael: Is it intertemporal?
Miss: Yes, Michael, it is.