Narrative from Nature Sounds

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***Dave couldn't very well move around the forest as he is a tree, and trees can't move, but for all purposes of this story he can think to himself and talk to anything that isn't a human.***

As Dave sat in his spot where he had always been he heard all the sounds of the forest.  There were some that he found calming, others that made him happy and that he loved dearly, yet still there were others that truly terrified him, as he couldn't move away.  The sound that had scared him most since he was a you sapling had always been the hooting of the Bard Owl.  This particular owl is bigger than many of its close relatives, making the threat it can pose to small saplings were it to land on one much greater than those posed by other smaller owls.  Whenever he heard their hoots nearby he wished he could do like the humans so often do and run away from whatever fear or problems plague them.

Fave had lived with this fear for a long time, but nothing had happened between Dave and the owls in a long time,  not since Dave was still growing.  He heard the noises growing closer and wondered what it was, then he had not yet learned the danger the owls posed, the sound of their hoot, or what they even looked like.  He didn't know of the immense danger one of those owls could pose to mere sapling such as himself.  As the owl grew closer he realized it was flying right towards him.  He felt blessed by the presence of such a wonderful creature.  That was until the creature landed.  it hit one of his branches but immediately fell to the ground, as he broke one of poor Dave's small branches.  No matter, he has still remained terrified of them to this day.

He had had several close encounters since then, but nothing as terrifying as that day had been one day last fall Dave was enjoying looking around at all the beautiful colors his friends had displayed all across their leaves, that was until he heard the noise he dreaded so much.  The bird flew closer towards Dave, but thankfully landed far up on a much bigger tree's branch near Dave.  Since that first encounter with an owl Dave had learned to fear them, and it made his entire life harder, constantly being terrified that at any moment one of those creatures could swoop by seemingly out of no where and tear away a part of him.  That constant ever-present fear was what led Dave to become friends with the kind photographer that has scared away one of those wretched creatures one day, whether the kind human with a camera knew of their friendship or not.

Be on the look out for a possible second installment on this story, I would love to continue this story in the direction of their friendship, but it all just depends on how much time I end up having.