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The Wise Old Tree
The forest animals were concerned that their habitat was being destroyed by logging, so they consulted the oldest wisest tree in the middle of the forest to ask what they could do to save it.
The wise old tree thought about it and said, "Perhaps the bears can scare the loggers away." The bears snarled and charged the loggers to scare them. It worked initially, but then the loggers hired hunters and soon there were no bears left to scare anyone. The logging resumed and the forest animals returned to the wise old tree for advice.
This time the wise old tree suggested that the birds swoop down and peck the loggers to disrupt their work day. This too worked for a while until the loggers hired some falconers to hunt the birds. Soon there were not enough birds to halt their progress so the loggers resumed.
At this point the loggers were getting very close to the wise old tree, so the forest animals came back once more to see what the tree had to say. The wise old tree then suggested that all the squirrels and mice chew through the cables of the loggers' power tools, saws and other equipment so that the tools could no longer cut down the trees. While this did slow the loggers down, they quickly switched to manual saws and axes while their mechanised equipment was repaired and carried on.
The day eventually came where the loggers had reached the wise old tree in the middle of the forest and chopped it down. Later that night the remaining forest animals sadly visited the dying tree and asked one last time if there was anything they could do to save the rest of the forest.
The tree let out a weak sigh and said “Sorry guys, I'm completely stumped”
The wise old tree thought about it and said, "Perhaps the bears can scare the loggers away." The bears snarled and charged the loggers to scare them. It worked initially, but then the loggers hired hunters and soon there were no bears left to scare anyone. The logging resumed and the forest animals returned to the wise old tree for advice.
This time the wise old tree suggested that the birds swoop down and peck the loggers to disrupt their work day. This too worked for a while until the loggers hired some falconers to hunt the birds. Soon there were not enough birds to halt their progress so the loggers resumed.
At this point the loggers were getting very close to the wise old tree, so the forest animals came back once more to see what the tree had to say. The wise old tree then suggested that all the squirrels and mice chew through the cables of the loggers' power tools, saws and other equipment so that the tools could no longer cut down the trees. While this did slow the loggers down, they quickly switched to manual saws and axes while their mechanised equipment was repaired and carried on.
The day eventually came where the loggers had reached the wise old tree in the middle of the forest and chopped it down. Later that night the remaining forest animals sadly visited the dying tree and asked one last time if there was anything they could do to save the rest of the forest.
The tree let out a weak sigh and said “Sorry guys, I'm completely stumped”
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There are multiple trees that are alive for thousands of years and here is the list of oldest trees in the world,
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