Falling Leaf & Sparrow

Once in a time of Autumn, there was a Leaf who did not want to let go of his tree. All the other leaves had fallen and crumpled up resembling dried paper figurines but this one was afraid. That night, a great wind came down from the north, bending branches and shaking the tree. Leaf held on as he was bustled about and then just as morning arrived, the wind stopped. Exhausted, Leaf just could not hold on any longer. Far above, Sparrow was darting to and fro beginning her day and she saw Leaf and thought him lovely. Sparrow swooped down to marvel at Leaf's lustrous reds, yellows and browns and the deep veins spreading out from his majestic stem. At that moment, Leaf could hold on no longer and he dropped from branch. As he fell a breeze picked up and Leaf spiraled half suspended half floating in the air. Sparrow tipped her wing and caught Leaf and they danced through the sky above the tree and it was beautiful.