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If trees could talk...

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I started this for a contest ages ago and finished it too late. Well, I guess it's still not really finished I like it sketchy though...

They're my characters from a project I am currently working on. Those who watch my LJ should know what I'm talking about. I was thinking about giving the boy a head, but I decided against it. :giggle:

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The tree looked ancient. Like it had seen the entirety of human history, the weight of century after century dragging down it’s huge limbs. The branches were like the arms of an upside-down octopus that couldn’t hold them up any longer so he let them flop on the ground making a sort of natural jungle-gym that would have attracted boys from miles around if they had only known about it. Green moss covered the gray-brown bark in just about every place that could escape the sunlight, which was most of the tree considering the wide protective canopy of twisting and gnarled branches and leaves that hung over them.

She watched him scramble up one branch with the skill of a squirrel. She wrinkled her nose enviously as she reached out to stroke the old branch that was as big around as her waist.

“It’s fantastic!” she called as he stood up and grinned down at her. “How old is it, do you think?”

“Hundreds of years,” he said quietly. “This tree was here before this country was.”

“What do you think they would say? If trees could talk I mean?”
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Oh, the soft colouring here! I love how you have drawn the girl's face.