The Tale of One Tree

By Rachael Anne Long

One Tree was not tall like all the other trees in the forest...

One day, after a very stormy night, during which several trees had been damaged and at least two had fallen, a tall, battered pine whispered to One Tree; “we don’t know why you stay here..."

Unwanted, One Tree sets off, in the company of an owl, to find a land where there are no trees, no forests... Does One Tree find such a land? And what happens to One Tree and the owl? Read on...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rachael Anne Long
• Release date: Apr 19, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476197548

Rachael Anne Long

Rachael Anne Long is the author of several ebooks, including the anarchic animal adventure series, The Lost Forest and the adult short story collection, First Person Singular. Rachael has previously worked for government departments and a national children’s charity. She lives in Somerset, England with her daughter and their orange rescue cat where she writes, bakes, eats cake and enjoys being herself.

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The Tale of One Tree

The tale of a tree,

one tree among many

a short story by

Rachael Anne Long

©2021 Rachael Anne Long

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The Tale of One Tree

The tale of a tree, one tree among many

One Tree was unlike any other tree in the forest. One Tree was not tall with needle-shaped leaves and pine cones bristling on every branch like all the other trees. No, One Tree was short. Not only that but One Tree also had long branches that stuck out like arms and flat green leaves with rounded edges.

None of the other trees quite knew just how or why One Tree happened to be in their particular forest. There were some who said a passing bird had dropped a seed and it had then grown into One Tree. Others said one springtime, passing hunters on their way to summer hunting grounds had