Pleasantree

The fall forced the leaves on the tree to fall. Not mine though! I had requested the fall to leave my leaves alone and the fall conceded to my request. So there I stood, fully decked amidst all those naked and ugly trees. I could hear their howls of anger and jealously as I swayed my green leaves majestically to the cold wind. While the other trees shivered in the cold, the leaves guarded me from the cold. On the whole, my pleasant life was made pleasanter by other's misery.

The cold morning dews settled on my leaves. Many tiny rainbows danced around the leaves as the sunlight streamed through the dew drops. The light reflecting from the dew drops sparkled. I felt rich for I was decked in jewelery containing hundreds of diamonds. I turned around and looked at my fellow wretched trees. They were staring at me with anger in their eyes. I smiled benevolently but they held bit their lips malevolently. On the whole, my pleasant life was made pleasanter by other's misery.

The animals ignored me except for those wretched creatures called dogs. To those dirty creatures my trunk seemed like a public toilet. I could not stand the stink. If it had not been my trunk, I would have cut it and thrown away long back. This had to be stopped and so I though a little. Then, I thought some more and finally I thought a lot more. I got it! The dogs were usually brought in leashes by humans. If I could keep those pesky two legged creatures away from me, the maligning of my trunk by the d for disgusting dogs will stop too. So every time the humans came in, I bent backwards a little and let myself go. The dew drops jumped from my leaves and rained on the humans. It was quite a sight! The humans did not like the water raining on them and ran away screaming. After the first few days, the humans got the message. They and their dogs avoided coming anywhere close to me. On the whole, my pleasant life was made pleasanter by other's misery.