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Sircom Size Here

Young Elara was the Keeper of the Grove. Each spring, she wrapped her arms around the great elder oak, trying to touch her fingertips. The first year, she fell short by a handspan. The second, by three fingers. On the tenth spring, her fingers finally met.

Elara knelt and pressed her ear to the bark. “Its sircom size,” she said softly, “is the circle of life it holds. Cut it, and you break the ring.” sircom size

Then the ground trembled. From the oak’s full circumference, roots rose like gentle arms, wrapping the merchant in a cocoon of ivy until he agreed to leave. The village cheered. Young Elara was the Keeper of the Grove

In the village of Thornwell, there was a saying: “A tree’s worth is its sircom size.” The old word sircom meant the full girth of a living thing, measured not in feet but in stories. The second, by three fingers

The merchant returned with axes. “Prove its worth,” he sneered.

© by Teenie Crochets. 

Liverpool, UK

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