The Man Who Planted Trees: A novel from the Vintage Earth collection
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And so, with great care, he planted his hundred acornsWhile hiking through the wild lavender in a windswept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes across a solitary shepherd called Elzard Bouffier. Staying with him, he watches Elzard sorting and then planting hundreds of acorns as he walks through the wilderness.Ten years later, after surviving the First World War, he visits the shepherd again. A young forest is slowly spreading over the valley Elzard has continued his work. Year after year the narrator returns to see the miracle being created: a verdant, green landscape that is testament to one mans creative instinct. miracle he is gradually creating: a verdant, green landscape that is a testament to one mans creative instinct.I love the humanity of this story and how one mans efforts can change the future for so many Michael Morpurgo, IndependentVINTAGE EARTH is a series of books that reveals our everchanging relationship with the environment. These are stories old and young, set in worlds real or imagined, that allow us to explore our connection to the natural world. Transformative, wild, surprising and essential, these novels take on the most urgent story of our times.
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