A Tree story

I don`t remember when exactly, maybe it was some 4 yrs ago that i had heard this story on the radio.....i think i had my exams at the time when i had heard it n it really was a very touching story.I hope am able to do justice to what i heard that night...

Well...here goes nothing

This story is about 2 trees, 2 soulmates, 2 bodies who were made for each other.These 2 trees had stood the test of time against all odds of tough weather n changing seasons to stand by each other all the time.They were a happy couple and loved each others company in that warm n serene environment.They were the only two trees in that particular area.It was a very beautiful location by the riverside with pleasant view of the mountains surrounding them.The were very much in love with each other,had been for all the time that they had been together n always knew they will forever be together.

Years rolled by, after some time, with the changing season , times also began to change.The usually calm place saw some activity with a human frequenting it very often.The trees had not seen much of any kinda activity in there and were very curious as to who this person was and what he was trying to do there.Daily he used to come,wander around for some time, pluck fruits from the tree, eat them to to his heart`s content, quench his thirst from d river nearby and then leave.This routine continued for a few days and he did not turn up for a few days after that.The trees were very curious as to what might have happened that he has stopped coming now.
A few days later, he did come back, but this time with a few others as well.It seems like that person owned that place and now wanted to build his home in there.Both the trees were happy to know this as they knew that they will soon have company of this human who seemed like a jolly good fellow.

But their joy was short lived and was about to turn into a night mare.The people who had come with the person who owned the place had come with things that our trees had never seen before.They were shiny, were sharp... part of it was metal and part wood.Before long that they could realise what it was, those people came towards them and after some conversation took all their tools towards the female tree.Before long that our trees could realize what was happening around,those people started to climb up on her n started to cut its branches.She screamed in pain, and with each blow that she took, started to bleed.But the people who were doing this never noticed her blood, could not her her pain,they just went along doing what they were doing.Only her companion could hear this, he was devastated at the mere sight of his love being tortured.He was frustrated, agony filled his heart and it was a time when he felt that he wished he could move....his anger was such that he wanted to rip apart the people who were indulging in such a horrific incident, but jus could not move.Both the trees screamed at the people to let her go,begged them for mercy but their desperate pleas just went unheard, and in very little time all of her branches had come down.She had no hands now,she was cut down to her bare minimum.Tears were rolling down her eyes, blood had filled up the place where she stood,it was the most vulnerable position that she had ever been.Just beside her, her love was constantly screaming, screaming in pain,screaming for help, screaming that his call for help just might be answered,there just might be someone who will come to her rescue....calling for a saviour.Then the unthinkable started to happen,the humans took their axes and started working on her trunk.With every blow that she took, she cried for help even more,she wept even more, she bled even more,the hope in her of living with the person she loved forever started to fade away,she wept blood out of her eyes....But all her pain could only be felt by her man next to her who was as much in agony as she was.He was looking at his love being taken her away from her with him being able to do absolutely nothing.He was just a mute spectator to the massacre that was happening before him.Finally her misery was put to an end with one final blow to the point where she could take it no longer,she came tumbling down,her pain ended and she lied there lifeless....no more a tree with life, no more could she breathe, no more could she live, just lay there a piece of log.
Just next to her stood in extreme pain, her partner who just could not do anything, his heart filled with extreme pain,his mind was tortured at the sight of what he saw, his soul devastated...he was disgusted with his helplessness and wanted to live no more.Just wished that he would die the next moment.Was, also hoping that these people who had just taken the love of his life away from him also would kill him.But, it just was not the case to be...those people took her lifeless body away and left him in all loneliness.He hoped that in course of time, his misery will also be put to an end.

As the days passed by, a house was being constructed nearby..he noticed that the humans who took her body,were giving it different shapes and used it decorate their place.The very sight of it increased his pain.But deep inside, he hoped that his turn to join her in the heavens will come very soon.
Unfortunately for him, the human had decided that the tree standing in front of his house would be a nice view to look at and decided to let him live...Live the life in solitude, in loneliness...Unaware of this,he just waited, waited in hope of meeting his lost soulmate in the heavens, in hope of putting an end to his misery, in hope, in anticipation of something that just was not what was going to be happening, in the hope to die.....