Ichigo blinked, having drifted away from the present a little. He looked at Ggio, then up at the three trees twined together into one.
The redhead smiled, then. His annoyance at being caught out with his temper flitting away as easily as it came. The memory that went with this place was a nice one, after all.
"...You know. I asked that same question once...a long time ago." He shrugged a little, brandy eyes not really even seeing the occasional glow of a lightening bug against the living darkness of the leaves above.
"See, these three trees were pretty small at first. Life was hard, see. They couldn't get enough food to grow all by themselves, and so first two of the trees said, 'Lets lean on each other. You dig deep in the soil, and I'll grow far so that I can find water.' " Ichigo shrugged again, smiling fully, now. "And it worked! They both became strong...but then one day, they started to fight, see. The two trees couldn't agree on who was stronger." He turned a little, and reached out to pat the smallest of the three, illustrating his story further. "And then, this third little tree came along, and told both the big trees they were being stupid. Neither one was strongest!"
Ichigo looked at Ggio with a smirk. "Neither one....because they became so much more when they were working together." ...Somehow...it seemed like there was another lesson in here. And not the one Ichigo's mother had told him in relation to how siblings fought...something else he couldn't put his finger on...
"Well...anyway the two bigger trees felt pretty dumb when that was pointed out to them, and decided that they wouldn't fight anymore. And the littlest tree, who was so smart in seeing that, stayed with them, and kept them in line when they would fight about stupid stuff...and they all three grew together, see. Because all three were a lot better off together than they ever could have been alone."
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Date: 2009-07-06 09:56 pm (UTC)He looked at Ggio, then up at the three trees twined together into one.
The redhead smiled, then. His annoyance at being caught out with his temper flitting away as easily as it came.
The memory that went with this place was a nice one, after all.
"...You know. I asked that same question once...a long time ago."
He shrugged a little, brandy eyes not really even seeing the occasional glow of a lightening bug against the living darkness of the leaves above.
"See, these three trees were pretty small at first. Life was hard, see. They couldn't get enough food to grow all by themselves, and so first two of the trees said, 'Lets lean on each other. You dig deep in the soil, and I'll grow far so that I can find water.' "
Ichigo shrugged again, smiling fully, now.
"And it worked! They both became strong...but then one day, they started to fight, see. The two trees couldn't agree on who was stronger."
He turned a little, and reached out to pat the smallest of the three, illustrating his story further.
"And then, this third little tree came along, and told both the big trees they were being stupid. Neither one was strongest!"
Ichigo looked at Ggio with a smirk.
"Neither one....because they became so much more when they were working together."
...Somehow...it seemed like there was another lesson in here. And not the one Ichigo's mother had told him in relation to how siblings fought...something else he couldn't put his finger on...
"Well...anyway the two bigger trees felt pretty dumb when that was pointed out to them, and decided that they wouldn't fight anymore. And the littlest tree, who was so smart in seeing that, stayed with them, and kept them in line when they would fight about stupid stuff...and they all three grew together, see. Because all three were a lot better off together than they ever could have been alone."