Trees The First "Humans"

 Trees were the first "humans" and much better at it than we humans. When they first arrived on earth in its early days, they had trunks and limbs that protected creatures. Human beings are supposedly here to do the same to act as guardians of the earth and all of its beings. Sadly, we aren't doing much of a job at it. Trees are neutral. They take no sides. When they appeared on the young earth, their limbs provided leafy or frondy shade from the sun and shelter from the rains. They became home to  smaller life forms as well as larger ones that lived beneath and inside them. They made strong, reaching roots that sucked up water to become sap and sap fed many of its adopted "children". They also had their own "children" and made seeds that fed animals and insects, with and without spines, and their sap was savoured by those who happened to discover its qualities.  When their trunks were thick, they could be used to make houses, their branches and leaves became rain proof roofs. Their fruits made food of many kinds, and their seeds were eaten and were spread by wing and fin over the whole earth to feed all the creatures on it. Trees that were big and tall, were killed and cut up to be used in many ways: houses, furniture, equipment. Firewood was of prime importance. It remains so.  There are no beings that have not benefitted by trees in some way. Naturally, something so precious as trees, when money of various kinds was invented and trade came upon the earth that pointed out the value of trees even to make paper money and stock forms themselves. And trees were easy to capture and enslave. They don't walk or run away, they stay and submit. They are never angry or vengeful, they don't war or become depressed  even when pitted with disease and the abuse of overuse. Trees do one thing, they grow and grow and grow.  They don't give up. After a forest fire they come back in rather mysterious ways. Some trees actually benefit from forest fires to cleanse in their way. Trees are good "humans" who know no prejudice or fury or political sides. They do exactly as they are told and "smile".  If we lose trees, it will be time for the return to how earth stood eons ago before we two legged creatures came along on the trail that could destroy us. We should be trees.