Thoughts for Today - Baobab and Genie

 Thoughts for Today 

Baobab and Genie

Dr Abe V Rotor

Few trees live in isolation. One of them is the baobab (Adansonia digitata) found in South Africa claimed to be 6000 years old (1000 years at least by Carbon dating). In The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint- Exupery, the baobab is feared because it could destroy the small planet of the little prince. The tree was also featured as movie background of The Gods Must be Crazy.  

Trees are a symbol of unity and might;
Rising to touch the sky altogether;
A lone tree loses its majestic height,
And soon disappears forever.

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A Genie rises but does it have a soul?
I, a teacher, all knowing and tall
With experience and schooling full;
But do I really know my goal?

 

From Aladdin and the Magic Lamp: A magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it.