The Tree's Life In Youth 



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Too hot sunlight would have dried them up and 

 killed them. They had plenty of protection 

 growing under the old trees, but now they are 

 larger than they were then. They want more 



SAPLINGS 



light and heat, more food and more room. The 

 seedlings had all the growing space they needed, 

 but the leaves and branches of the saplings are 

 crowding against one another. Their tops are 

 fighting, and in the ground the roots are work- 

 ing against each other. 



