![]() ![]() In this way I pollinate the trees and flowers throughout the rain forest. Do not chop it down."Ī bee buzzed in the sleeping man's ear: "Senhor, my hive is in this Kapok tree, and I fly from tree to tree and flower to flower collecting pollen. It is my home, where generations of my ancestors have lived. Then the huge snake slid very close to the man and hissed in his ear: "Senhor, this tree is a tree of miracles. He looked at the gash the ax had made in the tree. He slithered down its trunk to where the man was sleeping. Before he knew it, the heat and hum of the forest had lulled him to sleep.Ī boa constrictor lived in the Kapok tree. He sat down to rest at the foot of the great Kapok tree. Whack! Chop! Whack! Chop! Soon the man grew tired. Chop! Chop! Chop! The man wiped off the sweat that ran down his face and neck. Whack! Whack! Whack! The sounds of the blows rang through the forest. The smaller man took an ax he carried and struck the trunk of the tree. The larger man stopped and pointed to a great Kapok tree. Now all was quiet as the creatures watched the two men and wondered why they had come. Moments before, the forest had been alive with the sounds of squawking birds and howling monkeys. Book by Lynne Cherry (A Gulliver Green Book), (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990) permission pending. ![]()
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