Come gather around me children and I will tell you a story of

The MAGICAL TREE

a story created by Shalav & AashrayaJune 2014

Long long time ago, in your

father’s father’sfather’s father’s

time… there lived a magical

tree.

The tree was magical because

the tree had a face. And

whenever you hugged the

tree, it smiled!

Every child went and hugged the

big tree. Whenever they

hugged the tree, the tree

smiled.

When the tree smiled, the many many

birds living on the tree smiled

as well….

When all the birds smiled, the whole world and mother

earth was also smiled…

Mr. Mad Bad who was great

great greatgrandfather of

the mischievous

family did not like the tree,

birds, and world smiling!

So Mr. Mad Bad wanted to

cut the tree…he

started cutting on a Monday…

Tuesday and Wednesday…

and all the birds were

scared.

Mr. Mad Bad could not cut

the tree …. because it was a magical tree … he cut and it

grew again…he cut and it grew again…he cut and it grew

again…

the magical tree told all the birds: Come my friends, DON’T be scared…take all my seeds to all parts of the world so that the trees may grow big and strong just

like me. All the birds agreed!

One little bluebird took a seed and placed it in Ekantakuna…where the little Prince & Princess loved

it, watered it and hugged it regularly…

Because the tree was loved, it grew and grew and grew… to a very big tree… the tree was always hugged

and watered…

When they hugged the tree, the tree

smiled deep inside and when the tree

smiled the birds smiled, and when

the birds smiled the whole world was

happy.

You may still find this big tree near your school in Ekantakuna… when you are coming to school and going back

can you check if there are big trees around your school?

…If you HUG a tree, it may be the sons and daughters of the big magical tree…and it may smile deep inside…and the birds may smile, and the world may smile….

…Who who wants to hug a tree… let listen to a song and then go out and hug one tree now…