Magnes and Little Bush

Magnus was greatly surprised. None of his peers ever talked to him! They always withered in fear before they could get a word in, and, weirdest of all, the tree talking to him was the smallest tree in the whole community! Why was he not scared of him?

"Of course I'd like to play!" Replied Magnus happily, "I'm Magnus. What is your name?"

Because of how immense Magnus was, the other trees were very scared of him and often avoided him. This caused Magnus to be very lonely.

"I'm Little Bush," he replied as he approached him, "none of the other trees like the games I like. They play games that are too dangerous for a small tree like me."

This made Magnus sad. How could someone so nice be excluded because of their size? "What games do you like to play?" He asked.

Little Bush suddenly pulled out a brand new soccer ball. "I just bought this with my allowance. It's new and ready to be used!"

"I've never played before, but it looks very fun!" Replied Magnus.

One summer morning while the other child trees were out playing without Magnus (as usual) he heard a small voice.

¨Hey! Hey, excuse me!" The tiny voice exclaimed, ¨would you like to play with me?¨

In Treeville, every tree was an average height, not to small, not to large, but Magnus was NOT an average tree. He tripled the size of every other tree in Treeville!

Magnus had no idea how amazing he was at this game which Little Bush called "soccer". All of the child trees watched in awe as he was able to do the coolest moves.

The other trees realized that, even though Magnus looked different, he played the same games and was just the same as everyone else. "We're so sorry Magnus for being scared of you! You're just like us!" They exclaimed.

"That's okay!" Replied Magnus, "I'm glad we can all be friends now!"

Magnus was no longer seen as different, he was seen as wonderfully unique.

He and his new friends lived happily ever after.

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