5/19/2023 0 Comments The singing tree by kate seredyThe image of the mural students construct is based on the idea that the earth is the “Singing Tree” of the solar system – perhaps of the Milky Way and beyond. Their fear of being shot by the enemy is not as strong as their gratitude for the signs of life before them. Birds that don’t normally occupy close quarters are sharing the tree. All the birds in the area have come to the only shelter that still exists for miles around. Not a single creature crosses their path through the weary ordeal.Īt dawn, when the sun breaks through the darkness of the terrifying night, the soldiers come across one tree that is still alive. Because of the fighting, there are no standing trees, no rabbits, no birds, no houses or buildings, no squirrels, no people, no evidence of life as they inch mile after mile in the mud and darkness. One night in World War I, soldiers in Hungary crawl on their bellies through the dead landscape of war, trying to avoid the enemy. Share the following true story with your students:
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