Why Does the Air Move?
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Every day, just as the sun left twelve fingers to the horizon, and the grownups wouldn't be home until much after dark, I left to listen to the trees.
This is a short story written by a young Canadian author. Its intention is to draw light to the fact that industrialization and maturity takes more from what is most valuable than it contributes.
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