Once upon a time there was a little girl who lived in a tree in the midst of the forest. Every morning she counted every single leaf on the whole tree. And every afternoon she fed the birds who also made the tree their home. She was a very thoughtful little girl.
One day in the early spring of the year, a great storm came by and the wind blew upon the tree. The wind caused many leaves to fall and the little girl was very busy trying to keep track of all the leaves. She felt overwhelmed with her inability to keep the leaves on the beloved tree.
Then the wind blew even more and one of the twelve birds nests fell out of the tree, and then another. After that great wind, only one of the bird’s nests was left in the tree. The little girl mourned the loss of the nests, as she loved the tree with birds singing.
The storm was still raging however, and one strong wind gust after another began to break some of the branches from the tree. In horror she witnessed her own branch, her home, crack and break and fall to the ground without pomp or ceremony. At first she was confused; then she became angry. She cried out to the storm, “Why are you so mean? Don’t you care what happens to the tree?”
When the storm ended, the birds, even the ones who had lost their nests, began to sit in the braches of the tree and sing.
The little girl calmly collected her things and walked off into the forest to find a new tree.
Questions:
• Do you mostly indentify with the little girl, the birds, or the tree? Why.
• Who do you indentify as the wind in this story?
• What is important about this being an, “early spring” story?
• Why was the little girl feeling overwhelmed?
• What purpose did counting the leaves have in the story?
• With what did the little girl feed the birds?
• Why did the little girl walk to find a new tree?
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