The Tree Hugger

"What is contained in the forest?"
"Land, water and pure air."
Those were the words spoken by the girls when they wander in the woods.

It was the winter day sunny, and the girls are the girls from the Bishnoi tribe of ancient India. Their leader is soft and full of magic, Teacher Jambheshwar, has established 29 principles that must be endured by the people, and among them the belief that the most important are:

Animals and trees are sacred.

So, in the world of Bishnoi, deer and antelope, buffalo and buffalo, grazing peacefully.
Each tree maintained with love and compassion, no one was destroyed. People only use the parts they need from the trees to build their modest homes, but they never cut down trees, so the forest is very dense and fragrant.

"Love the animals we loved, appreciated the trees"

"Hold it, then everyone will live in harmony ..."

One of the girls who love the forest is Amrita Devi, she love trees more than all people at her village. For her, trees are life. Since child, she got up every morning and walked into the woods. There, she'll visit one special tree, secretly friend, Khjeri tree.  Thorny tree with never fall leaves, branches slender and pursed thorns. In the spring, it was filled with small yellow flowers, and in summer it offers a shade. Amrita's tree sturdy and strong, it can withstand the hottest winds, driest days, and the freezing cold. Amrita loves that vitality, beauty and strength.

Amrita often hug the tree trunk and whispered,

"I will always protect you"

and smell the fragrant of bark and leaves.

Amrita faithful to his promise. As an adult, she remained loyal to the tree, and when she got married, she still visited Khjeri tree. When her daughter was born, her introduced each of her children to the lessons she has learned when she was a child. So, Asu, Ratni, and Bhangu bai grow to love and admire the trees like their mother.
Sometimes, when they walk at the woods, Amrita Devi sing,

"What is contained in the forest?"

And her childrens will replied,

"Land, water and pure air."

Amrita said to her childrens for thingking what will happen if they lost their trees.
"Imagine the heat of the sun without shade."
"Imagine blinding storms without the trees that protect us."
Amrita's children become shriveled think all of scary imagination.

Someday, Maharaja Abbay Singh, the lord of Jophur Kingdom, delegate some people for chop down Khjeri trees for his new palace, because Khjeri woods known as best woods in thats country. So, Maharaja's people marched to the woods and start cutting down trees.

Amrita's heard tree fell down. she immediately gathered his daughters and as many villagers, and together they ran into the woods.

"STOP!" they shouted.
"DON'T CUT OUR TREES!"
Amrita is crying, loggers do not care about what villagers said . Amrita led the villagers to surrounding trees, holding hands. If loggers want to cut down the tree they had to kill the villagers first.

In confusion, loggers back to the Maharaja Abbay Singh to told the villagers behavior.
Angry Maharaja come with more people to cut down all trees.

"All trees is mine, and I'll do whatever I want!"

At that time, Amrita message has spread to the whole village, now each tree guarded by a man, woman or child from the village. Every person hugging a tree.

"We'll never let them destroy our forests." Amrita said the villagers representing seriously.

When Maharaja saw this scene, he grew angry and shouted to the soldiers,

"I DO NOT CARE!, If they should die, they'll die!"

But when he raised his hand to give the signal to the logger forward, a storm hit, whipping him, and became louder and louder when you arrive at the Amrita and the people gathered. The wind was so hard, the soldiers could not hold their axes; they even difficult to stand.

But Amrita people holding on to their trees.

The storm raged for hours, and when the storm subsided, Maharaja looked around and saw the damage.
The houses were destroyed, blank fields damaged, but the trees were still standing, solid and strong.

Suddenly he understood how important the trees were for the people. He understands how wise they are, and how brave, and he promised that he would never cut down their trees.

The villagers are happy, and where the trees grow Amrita becomes a sacred place, a place that is never forgotten anyone. People say that when the wind blows a certain way, they could hear Amrita and the girls sang for beloved trees.

"What is contained in the forest?"

"Land, water and pure air."