The Champedek Tree

Once upon a time, there lived a champedek tree who wanted to fly ever since it was just a little seedling. Over the years, it painstakingly grew and groomed its branches and foliages in a position that it resembled a bird in flight.

There was just one problem though, the champedek tree, like all trees, have roots embedded into the ground. The only way to fly was to uproot and die. What was the champedek tree to do?

One monsoon season, there was a particularly strong typhoon, and as the strong wind blew, the champedek tree thought "it's now or never!" and uprooted itself and leapt into the air, and it soared across three small hills and three small valleys before being smashed into a mountain in its path.

As the champedek tree laid to die of rotting roots in the ensuing rains, it was full of smiles and happiness.

(sneak.)