Cast
Storyteller 1
Storyteller 2
Fir Tree
Actor 1 (plays Woodsman and Grocer)
Actor 2 (plays Lady Shopper and Farmer's Wife)
Actor 3 (plays Child, Customer 1, and Cemetery Man)
Actor 4 (plays Customer 2 and Farmer)

(The two Storytellers stand at opposite ends of the playing area; the Tree stands in the center. Actors 1-4 sit slightly back until they "enter")

Storyteller 1: If you walk through a grove of balsam trees you will notice that the young trees are silent. They are listening.

Storyteller 2: But the old tall ones, especially the fir trees, are whispering.

Storyteller 1: They are telling the story of the tree that didn't get trimmed.

Storyteller 2: It sounds like a painful story, and the murmur of the old trees as they tell it is rather solemn, but it is an encouraging story for…