The pine trees looked enviously at their neighbors, the deciduous trees in their resplendent red, yellow, and orange, “Dressed for the autumn ball?”
“Don’t be jealous. Soon we will be shedding all this opulence and be as naked as the Emperor with no clothes. Be content with your evergreen.”
Kwan Kew Laiis an author, a Harvard medical faculty physician, an infectious disease specialist, a disaster response volunteer, an artist, and a runner.
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