Charlie kept us out of the coffin

ALTHOUGH Joyce Kilmer might disagree, trees seem to be the loneliest and most isolated living organisms in creation. Imagine living your life stuck in the same spot for hundreds of years.

This is in stark contrast with the mobility of birds, bees, the animal kingdom, and humans. Trees stay put, although Chesterton once wrote “when fishes flew and forests walked... ”

Trees don’t walk, but they can be relocated when cut down to provide timber for housing, furniture, coffins, etc.