Good Blog Read: "The tree that walked" (Guyana Gyal)

In her usual captivating, humorous manner, Guyana Gyal has written a piece about a tree that supposedly walked.  In addition to praising its other merits, I suggested that it appears to add something new to the nature of supernatural "spooky" stories in our Guyanese/Caribbean collection.  I jokingly called it a green-twist-something inspired in part by this bit:

"Aiyeee Fazaal, what kinda story you tell my mother about tree that walk?  When you tell she it move, what you mean?  It move like this...?"  I shake up meself, lengeh-lengeh, like breeze blowing me, back to front, side to side, arms out like tree limbs."

But on a more serious note, I believe she has done an amazingly innovative thing with the story.  She has returned this supernatural tale to its origins: the people from amongst whom tales like these originated were those who lived close to nature and therefore understood that when nature was disturbed, strange things happened.  Her comment at the end of the story takes us there.  AND, she has made this supernatural tale a contemporary one, in that it fits into the current discourse about the environment and preservation, and all of that green stuff.

Read it and see for yourself.