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Trees, Stars, and Birds 



U. S. Forest Service 



FIG. 13. Section through a white ash almost 100 years old. It grew in 

 a thick forest, but 12 years before it was cut some of the trees about it 

 were blown down by a severe storm. Study the rings and see what you can 

 learn of the life of the tree from them. (See also Figure 61, page 99, and 

 Figure 87, page 131.) 



or give a description of the surrounding country when 

 this tree was a young sapling. Regarding the tree as 

 an individual which has suffered and enjoyed many 

 experiences, you might write a story of its life, an imagi- 

 nary autobiography, telling what it has seen and done. 



