Why Do Leaves Fall?
The other day I was walking across a parking lot with Gabriel, multicolor leaves swirled around us and blew by. He looked at me "Mommy, why do leaves do that?"
"Do what?"
"Why do the leaves fly around like that."
"It's fall Gabriel that is what they do."
"Why?"
My mind ran toward the scientific stuff. Resources are limited in the winter, it easier for the tree to centralize it's body. I didn't think that would fly for an answer. "The leaves get bored hanging around and go on trips."
"What?"
"They want to see the world Gabriel. They are free to fly the countryside and see the world." My mind filled with images leaves with cameras trying to manuver to Multnoma Falls to do a free fall.
He took the answer and asked again a few days later. I told him the same thing.
--Mom
