Imagine you're 1000 years old...
...Just standing around, you've been burned a few times, but you're a survivor. You're a friend to the animals and birds, pretty much keep to yourself and mind your own business. True, you're a 350-foot tall monster, but people don't really seem to be afraid of you, and many actually seem to revere you. Many of your kind have been felled by greedy men talking of "board feet" and "money," but not you. You are a survivor.
Until one day - ZZOT! You get zapped by a bolt of lightning. You feel a burning sensation at your feet and see younger brethren fall in flames. And yet, you are not yet done in! Somehow, you manage to go on, even though you feel hollow inside. And then you notice this, the future. Who are you? Why you are a giant coastal redwood, of course.
From Montgomery Woods State Reserve, a small patch of never-logged giant redwoods. Many thanks to albionwood for the recommendation.
Until one day - ZZOT! You get zapped by a bolt of lightning. You feel a burning sensation at your feet and see younger brethren fall in flames. And yet, you are not yet done in! Somehow, you manage to go on, even though you feel hollow inside. And then you notice this, the future. Who are you? Why you are a giant coastal redwood, of course.
From Montgomery Woods State Reserve, a small patch of never-logged giant redwoods. Many thanks to albionwood for the recommendation.