Boxy: A Tree Of The Prairie

One tree species held in high regard by Canadians and Americans is the boxelder. In Canada it is known as the Manitoba maple. Its roots go deep in time and back in the memories of all growing things of the land. Boxy began a life of protected caring from a thorny old prairie rose named Sunset. Through years of lean and years of plenty, Boxy grew. Learning survival from natureas tough love, Boxy grew and matured to survive the harshest that could be experienced. This is a story of stretching mere existence into survival and rebirth so as to succeed again and again. Boxy begins life as a seed carried forth by a prairie wind to sprout as a seedling in the muddy hoofprint of a deer. This singular life never travels, yet Boxy becomes more aware of the world and of life as time goes by.