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Tall Tree and the Sun

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The Three Trees on the Sun
1. Small Tree was as tall as all of our grandfathers standing on each others shoulders.
2. Middle Tree was as tall as all of our grandmothers and grandfathers standing in the same fashion.
3. Tall Tree was much taller than both of her sisters combined. If every creature that ever lived stood on the shoulders of the creature before it, it would still not be as tall as Tall Tree.

The Three Trees Turn to Ashes
1. It took two thousand years for Small Tree to catch fire, and her ashes fell away and created the other stars.
2. It took five thousand years for Middle Tree to catch fire, and her ashes fell away and created all the small planets.
3. Because Tall Tree was much taller than her sisters, she lasted a hundred thousand years before she caught fire. When her ashes fell away, the largest tree prayed to the Sun.

Tall Tree's Prayer
1. "I witnessed the day that you took Small Tree and made her ashes the stars."
2. "I witnessed the day that you took Middle Tree and made her ashes the small planets."
3. "In exchange for a hundred thousand years as your witness, please take my ashes and create something that will be fireproof forever."

Earth's Birth and Death
1. With Tall Tree's prayer in mind, the Sun took her ashes and created the Earth that we live on.
2. Now we know that the Earth is not truly fireproof, but it is more fireproof than anything that ever existed.
3. But when the Sun comes and we catch fire, she can take our ashes and create Heaven, which will be more fireproof than Small Tree, Middle Tree, Tall Tree, all the stars, all the smaller planets, and Earth.

Heaven
1. We exist so that there may be a Heaven but
2. even Heaven will not be fireproof forever.
3. That's just the way life is.
Everyone has their own Creation Theory.
This was really stupid to write, but I still kind of wanted to share it.
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RinMiu's avatar
It's sort of hard to explain this feeling, but no matter how simple this piece of literature was, it was just deep but cute and fluffy at the same time.
I especially liked the "Heaven" section, simply because the ending isn't happy, and yeah...you're right...life doesn't always have happy endings, and nothing truly lasts forever.
It was an awesome read, and I loved it. (: