Long long ago, there was a beautiful place with thousands of trees. Around those trees was the home of many lions. Those lions killed other animals and ate them. The bodies of the animals always made the air bad, and many trees thought the place was not fit to live in any more.
One day, two trees were talking. The first tree said, “These lions are polluting our home. We have to save our home from them. Let's drive them away.”
“Yes,” agreed the other tree.
An old tree was listening to them, He said, “They may be polluting the air. But they are keeping us safe. No people are brave enough to come into our home.
But his words did not change the idea of the two trees. They finally did that. That evening, the two trees started shaking very hard. “We will make the lions afraid, so they will leave our home and never come back again,” the two trees said and laughed.
All the other trees joined them. “Don't do that,” shouted the old tree. But the other trees did not listen. They made great noises. “Something horrible is happening. Let's run away,” all the animals said.
The two trees were happy. “Huh! Now we can enjoy some fresh air,” they said. But they were only happy for a few days. One day a man came and started cutting down the trees. “Now I don't need to be afraid of the lions,” he said to himself. Soon there were other people. “Now all of us will die,” said the old tree. “How stupid we are. We should listen to this old tree,” the other trees said sadly. A few minutes later, the two trees were cut down.
