The big oak tree
When Thomas was a young boy, he used to sit under the great oak tree that mastered the hill 300 meters from his house.
Summers were long and hot, but the breeze that swirl around the tree pushed the fresh air from the cold grass that grew under the shade of its friend.
Hours would pass by while Thomas told the great oak stories about distant mountains full of snow, sailors from far away seas, and characters that made life journeys around the globe. One of that stories, he kept coming back to it. The story of a girl that had an extraordinary gift: She grew a very unique kind of flower. A flower so unique that only lives for a winter and then it dies. So delicate that if she was lucky it leaves just one seed so she could plant it the next year.
Years passed by and the boy grew up to be a fine piano player. The old oak tree, that was now more than 1000 years old, started to die. One day, while returning from a tournée in Russia, Thomas climbed the hill and seat under his old adventures friend. And spoke about the flower girl, that grew to be the only woman in the world capable of growing that unique and delicate flower. In fact she was the only woman, but not the only person. From his trip to Russia he came to meet an old man that had the same gift, but his flowers had stopped producing seeds some years ago. So the old man was very sad because his purpose in live was coming to an end. He then decided to search for this flower woman to see if she could tell the old man the secret, and make his life purpose alive again.
At that point the old oak tree was no longer capable of feed itself from the earth minerals and it eventually died. Thomas was desolated, but he was decided to bring it back to life. "How?" - may you ask. By cutting it down, and building the most beautiful piano you ever seen. With it he would travel the world in search of the flower lady.
15 years passed, and Thomas was a global well known composer, but he never stopped looking for her. One day, just before he decided to stop traveling so much because of a kidney problem, after a concert in Vienna, he stopped by a lovely small florist shop and saw it. A unique crystal flower posing in the middle of the shop. He knew what it was. He had found his flower lady. He asked for the women that had grown that flower and the shopper girl told him she went to the State Opera House to listen to the world famous Thomas Birch. He run back to the Opera, and at the door there was this most beautiful woman with her unique flower on her hair. He knew it was her. He introduced himself. She was so suprised to see that the composer of the music she loved was in front of her, talking to her.
They talked for hours. He told her about how he became a composer, his big old friend, the summers, the stories, and the old flower man, and his sadness. And asked her if she could help him to bring joy and purpose again to the old man, if he was still alive. She was astound and scared and happy at the same time, and told him yes, she would go with him to the old man, and show him the most simple secret to make that kind of flowers produce a seed.
They traveled all day and all night, by plain and by train, and when they finally arrived at the house of the flower old man, he was very old and dying, but he could still remember Thomas, and the promise he made to himself. When the old man saw the lady, he cried, and said:
— "Thank you! Thank you for coming, I don't need to grew more flowers, but I do need to know your secret".
— "Easy..." - she said. "When I plant the seed on a vase, every day, from dusk to dawn, I play a record from the most beautiful Oak piano you ever listen. And when the seed flourishes, I climb the hill near my house and plant it under the big oak tree."
The old man died, but a big oak tree now rises 30 meters above his grave. The tree Thomas and the Crystal Flower Lady planted, and where they decided to spend the rest of their lives together.
Summers were long and hot, but the breeze that swirl around the tree pushed the fresh air from the cold grass that grew under the shade of its friend.
Hours would pass by while Thomas told the great oak stories about distant mountains full of snow, sailors from far away seas, and characters that made life journeys around the globe. One of that stories, he kept coming back to it. The story of a girl that had an extraordinary gift: She grew a very unique kind of flower. A flower so unique that only lives for a winter and then it dies. So delicate that if she was lucky it leaves just one seed so she could plant it the next year.
Years passed by and the boy grew up to be a fine piano player. The old oak tree, that was now more than 1000 years old, started to die. One day, while returning from a tournée in Russia, Thomas climbed the hill and seat under his old adventures friend. And spoke about the flower girl, that grew to be the only woman in the world capable of growing that unique and delicate flower. In fact she was the only woman, but not the only person. From his trip to Russia he came to meet an old man that had the same gift, but his flowers had stopped producing seeds some years ago. So the old man was very sad because his purpose in live was coming to an end. He then decided to search for this flower woman to see if she could tell the old man the secret, and make his life purpose alive again.
At that point the old oak tree was no longer capable of feed itself from the earth minerals and it eventually died. Thomas was desolated, but he was decided to bring it back to life. "How?" - may you ask. By cutting it down, and building the most beautiful piano you ever seen. With it he would travel the world in search of the flower lady.
15 years passed, and Thomas was a global well known composer, but he never stopped looking for her. One day, just before he decided to stop traveling so much because of a kidney problem, after a concert in Vienna, he stopped by a lovely small florist shop and saw it. A unique crystal flower posing in the middle of the shop. He knew what it was. He had found his flower lady. He asked for the women that had grown that flower and the shopper girl told him she went to the State Opera House to listen to the world famous Thomas Birch. He run back to the Opera, and at the door there was this most beautiful woman with her unique flower on her hair. He knew it was her. He introduced himself. She was so suprised to see that the composer of the music she loved was in front of her, talking to her.
They talked for hours. He told her about how he became a composer, his big old friend, the summers, the stories, and the old flower man, and his sadness. And asked her if she could help him to bring joy and purpose again to the old man, if he was still alive. She was astound and scared and happy at the same time, and told him yes, she would go with him to the old man, and show him the most simple secret to make that kind of flowers produce a seed.
They traveled all day and all night, by plain and by train, and when they finally arrived at the house of the flower old man, he was very old and dying, but he could still remember Thomas, and the promise he made to himself. When the old man saw the lady, he cried, and said:
— "Thank you! Thank you for coming, I don't need to grew more flowers, but I do need to know your secret".
— "Easy..." - she said. "When I plant the seed on a vase, every day, from dusk to dawn, I play a record from the most beautiful Oak piano you ever listen. And when the seed flourishes, I climb the hill near my house and plant it under the big oak tree."
The old man died, but a big oak tree now rises 30 meters above his grave. The tree Thomas and the Crystal Flower Lady planted, and where they decided to spend the rest of their lives together.
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