Comments on 'It's Too Bad Trees Can't Lie'The tree curled possessively around the entrance, creaking hugely in the oppressive silence. I shivered. In the canopy above, the leaves did the same.
_You have come,_ the tree said. _I have waited for you._
"Yes," I replied, and added, a bit lamely, "Sorry for the delay."
_It is no matter._ The tree creaked again, roots shifting minutely. The crumbling masonry protested, sending a shower of cracked stone and rotten mortar tumbling down around me.
_You have made the necessary preparations?_
I glanced back over my shoulder to the still-smoking altar, to the dying smudge of blood and sage and ash. The hot designs traced across my skin were already drying. The smell of it was everywhere.
"Yup." I looked toward the tree and laid a hand on its closest root. "In case I don't come back, you should know: I love you."
_I know._
"Do you love me?"
_I do not. I cannot. I am a tree._
"True." I looked down into the cool blackness before me. "Right. That settles that."
I stepped forward and down into darkness.2008-01-17T19:12:51Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/18533Comment on It's Too Bad Trees Can't Lie<p>thought of the Ents with this, tree with personality very cool,well told, yo have a way with fantasy i cannot master and were of he same age.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/18533?basename=350092008-01-17T19:12:51ZSKermitgorfhttp://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorfComment on It's Too Bad Trees Can't Lie<p>thought of the Ents with this, tree with personality very cool,well told, yo have a way with fantasy i cannot master and were of he same age.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/18533?basename=350082008-01-17T19:12:51ZSKermitgorfhttp://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorfComment on It's Too Bad Trees Can't Lie<p>But trees can love… didn’t you ever read “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein as a kid? Nevertheless, I like this story… very unique…</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/18533?basename=347292008-01-16T00:35:50ZCulture Shock w/ Mike Schwartzhttp://ficlets.com/authors/mike_schwartzComment on It's Too Bad Trees Can't Lie<p> I ADORE THIS . One, I have a thing for trees. This one is AMAZING . And I love that you used it as a character.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/18533?basename=347202008-01-15T23:58:57ZStorykeeper of Faehttp://ficlets.com/authors/smileComment on It's Too Bad Trees Can't Lie<p>Oh, and congratulations on your first ficlet!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/18533?basename=347082008-01-15T23:09:07ZMistress Elsha Hawkhttp://ficlets.com/authors/mistress_elsha_hawkComment on It's Too Bad Trees Can't Lie<p>Wow! Great story based on this picture! I think you could take this idea and run!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/18533?basename=347072008-01-15T23:08:40ZMistress Elsha Hawkhttp://ficlets.com/authors/mistress_elsha_hawk