(Once upon a time- cont') The dragon covered with fruit retreated and the tree came back to earth, seething with anger the dragon plotted its next move. I'll use my great brain to defeat that sucker, it will be no match! The dragon sent in a termite to do as much damage as possible but discreetly. The termite got to work, a nibble here, a nibble there, until the tree feeling a little discomfort spotted the invader and fired from tree limb #9 with a direct hit . The fruit covered termite retreated muttering as he went rule #101 attacked the weak not the healthy, are you insane! With the termite out of commission, the dragon paced back and forth thinking, the tree is healthy, it can grow when needed, its fruit is ready for action, what's its secret? Looking long and hard at the tree, the dragon realized it must be the soil that is making this tree great, he must get the tree to leave that ground. His next course of action is to enlist the help of a beautiful bird to entice the tree to leave and follow the bird to a new, wondrous forest of delights. The friendship is struck up with the bird singing and playing, resting to the delight of the little tree, a friend indeed. The bird breaks the news he must leave and for the tree to follow, a team they'd be! The heart broken tree filled with sorrow pulls one root out of the ground, the dragon from afar can barely contain his joy as he watches his plan unfold. The little tree pulls out another root with one more to go as he looks down at the last root he sees mother and her gentle touch, he cherishes this gound which has made him the tree he is and rejects the offer to leave. Though heartbroken the tree straightens up and sees what he never saw before, a tree that can and will survive because his foundation is rooted in the best of soil and he became a tree that could not be moved. The dragon couldn't stand the sight of the tree that he couldn't push over, couldn't destroy, couldn't root up, he would try again and again, every defeat brought him one step closer to insanity and in fact the dragon was locked up and the tree flourished with much fruit and many friends. The end.