found a nice berry tree that was just the right height. When she put her
head into the tree she could see a lot of delicious looking berries.
Then she heard a soft little chirping noise. She looked around and saw a
mother bird. The mother bird was hopping from limb to limb picking berries
and then feeding them to her babies. La-fara watched the birds for several
minutes. She was amazed at how hard the mother bird worked to keep her baby
birds full and happy.
La-fara was just about to take a bite of berries when a green spotted
lizard caught her eye. The lizard was racing around the tree branches. It
would run along the tops then circle around to the bottom of a limb without
slowing down at all.There wasn't a part of the tree that the lizard
couldn't navigate with it's sticky little feet. La-fara watched as the
lizard disappeared into a small hole in the tree trunk. Most likely that
was were the lizard lived.
La-fara noticed something buzzing around a small group of rotten berries.
It was a fly. The fly was darting from berry to berry, but only stopping on
the rotten ones. It would land on a berry, take a bite or two, and then
quickly move on to the next one. Back and forth from one side of the tree
to the other and back again. The little fly was fast and tireless in it's
efforts to find the best tasting berry.
La-fara ate some leaves and a few berries. The whole time watching the
mother bird and the fly. She glanced several times to where the lizard had
vanished but never was it again. When she was done she pulled her head out
of the berry tree and slowly walked away. From out here she couldn't even
tell that inside the berry tree was so full of life. She wondered how many
other creatures relied on that single little berry tree for food and
safety. Creatures as big as her and as small as a little bug. What a
wonderful tree that berry tree was. That berry tree gave so much to so many
and asked for nothing in return.
Told on Dec. 5, 2010
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