"Let us begin with the story of a tree. We hear the cracking sound of a seed bursting open, nurtured by crystalline rains. We listen to the lullaby of the seed as it sends a shoot skyward to drink from the clouds and grows roots underground to embrace the soil. We hear the whisper of the wind promising blossoms to the budding branches and the colorful laughter of blooms bursting forth. On the tree that shelters birds and offers shade to travelers, we hear the faint chewing of tiny worms, and we do not grieve-for we know that when the tree's story ends, the story of paper begins."
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