“Tembusu.”
“You are famous all over the world.”
“That’s my problem.”
“Problem? Famous trees do not have problems.”
“People sit on my lower branches for photo shoots. Children run, stomp along my lower branches, tear my leaves. It hurts but no one cares.”
“You are hard, durable wood.”
“I’m old, very old!”
“You are so much loved.”
“Love does not strengthen my life. See I have to be propped up or parts of me will snap.”
“Now you are safely fenced.”
“Safely imprisoned. We have feelings too. I’m tired.”