One day there was a tree and a flower that sat close to each other on a
large prairie. The sun was shining bright and the air was crisp with
the warm summer breeze. The grass flowed freely and bent with the wind.
The flower sitting there with its green leaves and brightly coloured
flower blazing its scent and colour across the prairie for anyone to
see and smell.


The tree stood wide and tall with its branches flowing out; its
branches floating free on the gentle breezes of the wind. The branches
were full of bright green leaves that glistened in the sun. The tree
was majestic but very much humble to what its become.



One day the flower had many visitors to its pedals which made it glad.
The flower was proud that it was noticed and liked among the insects
that visited it. The flower boldly spoke and said with such fact, "I am
well noticed for I can spew my scent out to those that want to smell
and follow it. I am feeling good about myself for I have brought these
things to me and they have pollinated my flower."



The tree looking down in a rather disappointed sort of way spoke his
words quietly and softly, "Your flower is bright this I must truly say,
but your words are too strong for you notice little of why they have
come to this land. They come not for the brightness of your flower or
scent but for the food that is all around you in this wide open land.
Your words are arrogant considering how small you really are. They come
to me as well to feed on these flowers that I bear. They feast in the
powder that collects within all flowers. No matter who they are or
where they stand."



The flower shot back, "but you just don't get it do you? I am very
bright and I am for a reason. I am better than you and this I can
prove. I am well known throughout these parts that spread so far and so
wide. The truth that I speak will stand long before my eyes."



The tree just sat there in nothing but amazement, for the flower
refused to see what was truly being said. The flower sat there so smug
in its glory and gleam. It was proud that it had proven that a flower
is much greater than a tree. It refused to see that tree was covering
its head from the storms that came by. Covering its head from the rains
that devoured all else in its way.



The tree just stood there doing just what it does best. Sheltering all,
that needs its protection. Giving life to those that know where to look
and using its branches to support all life there.



Later that day a four-legged came along. It smelled the rich scent of
that wonderful flower. Its rather strong scent was sweet to its nose.
It wanted to find where this scent flowed from. And see where it grows.
It came on the flower and there it sat in its glory. Sitting there so
brightly and smelling its own glory.



The four-legged smelled that flower like no other it did before. It
seemed there was nothing like it that met its grand smell. The
four-legged was so impressed it just couldn't wait. It opened its mouth
and ate that flower head. The tree sat there in horror at what it just
saw. That poor flower had lost its lovely smell and its bright grandeur.



The moral of this story is nothing to seek. When you open your mouth,
you better be prepared. For what you seek may not be what you want. The
power of words flow strong and flow true. The power of words may one
day come back to eat you.