 Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll
Desiree smiled, nodding in reply to Charlie. “It’s soooo tall!” she said, looking up at the tree once more. “I hope we don’t have to climb it later.” Probably not, since the sign said not to touch it, but you never know!
Another smile greeted Mercer as he joined her. “Hi, Mercer,” Desiree said, considering the question carefully. You know, that was a good question! She’d never thought about trees liking hugs, but it kind of made sense that they might. Most people and some animals (like her cat) liked hugs. Trees were living creatures too, so why should they miss out on hugs? That specific one, though… “I don’t know,” She shrugged. “Those spikes on the trunk don’t look very huggable.” It didn’t mean the tree shouldn’t get a hug, though. Maybe there was a charm to soften the spikes… unless they were poisonous or something.
Desiree was still trying to think of a way to safely hug the tree when the lesson began. Jerked out of her thoughts, she turned her attention to Professor Devries. Sandbox Tree? Dynamite Tree? She’d never heard either of those terms before! Until then, she thought the tree might be a hybrid between a dirigible plum bush and something else because the orange fruits kind of looked like dirigible plums. Looks like her guess was way off!
If that was called a Dynamite Tree, it stood to reason that part of the tree exploded… either that or caused something else to explode. Was that why they weren’t supposed to touch it? DId it make anything that touched it explode? That was a scary thought, one that she wasn’t about to voice out loud so as not to frighten the younger students! Instead, she considered the other name. Sandbox Tree… that didn’t really go with dynamite, did it? Maybe it was called that because the wood was used to make sandboxes, or maybe…
Her hand went up. “Is it called a Sandbox Tree because it likes sandy climates?” she asked.
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |