Of Trees and Talk

“Hey, do you want to talk to a tree?” I asked the very bored 7-year-old. He looked at me skeptical-like, so I asked again. “Do you wanna go talk to that old tree over there?” We had just learned that this was a sacred place to the Pawnee people, And this beautiful Bur Oak was the oldest tree for miles around, Maybe even the oldest tree in the state. "OK." His eyes perked up a bit and we walked…