The Trees

The Good Lord has created the trees so that men can lean on them when they are tired. He has too thought that trees would supply shadow beyond, in order to spare human beings from sun heat. He said to the man : "You will earn your bread by hard working and sweating". Then, magnanimous, He added : "Resting a few minutes under an oak, you will have to sweat less however".
Creating the tree, God realized it could be useful for more other things :
- wood for firing when time of sweating is over, to build roofs and ships.
- branch to faggot and tie, to climb and watch.
- bark to tan, to attend illness, to make wine corks.
- flower to entertain our eyes.
- fruit to entertain our stomachs.
- leaf to purify air whereas it lives, to improve ground whereas it dies.
The tree is like God on earth. In fact, does not a tree seem like a big hand that protects?
(copyright Jean-Michel Cagnon)