The Little Leaf

The little leaf held tightly to his mother tree's bark. He started to get frightened when the sky began to get dark. But the mother tree comforted him, filling his little heart with love. "It puts the world to sleep," she said, "and is sent from the One above." As the love between the leaf and tree grew stronger, the weather began to change. The color of green seemed to fade, and the little leaf felt strange. "What is happening to me?" he asked his mother tree. "It's a natural part of life, my child," she said, "you're becoming who you're meant to be." The leaf turned a beautiful bright yellow, as summer changed into fall. He danced in the golden sunlight, feeling a thousand feet tall. Again, the weather started to change, and the growing leaf asked to leave. So the mother tree let go of her child, but her heart wanted to grieve. The cold wind blew this little leaf far away from his mother tree. As he joined the sleepy earth, he was glad that his mother set him free.