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He has always attracted admiring glances of other plants in the forest. Especially when he bloomed and acquired berries later. Although, frankly the matter wasn’t in bloom or berries (moreover he wasn’t lucky with his surname – Common). There just felt the breed in him, the high blood. Besides he knew very well his relatives in the South: next of kin, tall Greek Junipers, and distant ones, Cypresses for example. And that fact has added him a dignity. Moreover, Junipers were very famous for people because they gave their berries for one of the favorite human drinks – gin. That’s why he was so aristocratic and always looked well. May be he was a little snobby, but a little. It never offended anyone. Eventually the ability to make a small talk was very valuable in the...
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She was already old. She has been old for a long time. In these wetland part of the forest they even said she is eternal and doesn’t change with the time. Of course it wasn’t the truth. Just like the gossips that she became a witch since the death of her beloved husband Silvan. Yes she knew everything about any plant not only in that forest but about everyone, but it wasn’t a witchcraft! Nearest trees laughed at her when she was telling about her distant relatives somewhere far away: dwarf pines in Japan gardens which were small size equal to her roots or giant Cedars in Siberia to whom she even couldn’t reach their navel. But she was calm to neighbor’s ignorance and unfunny humor. Because when you’re living for so long you can understand what’s really...
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In fact he has never lived in his motherland. Although he became to that park in Crimea when he was young seedling, he was born in one of the Botanical Gardens where he was cared about for the first years of his life. Of course trees around incredulous looked on the sly at him in the beginning. But when construction of the park were finished and crowd of tourists admired ALL of the park inhabitants and not only Lebanon it became clear: he wasn’t special for visitors. That’s why the distrust of neighbors has quickly came to naught. As well as an interest to his past life: he hasn’t seen 15 years civil war, couldn’t speak Arabian and differed from the others only with his exterior. And trees just like people: they only meet on...
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Unlike its neighbor Lebanon Sycamore was a native of Crimea. And he was very proud of it. As well as his acquaintance with one of the people legends of the peninsula – world wide famous guitar virtuoso Enver Izmaylov. Of course Enver’s guitars weren’t made of sycamores (thanks God!). It’s just that Izmaylov very loved coming to the park especially to Sycamore, to pat on his trunk and his leaves, to tell him the news, to listen to the rustle of his news. And then Sycamore with proud translated Enver’s stories to the plants around and enjoyed with attention of trees, bushes and even grass between his roots. He felt himself a real king of the...
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