by Abby
Some days you may ask yourself, "Why are the trees green? Instead of purple, blue or orange?" Well it all started long ago in a land called Greenwood Village. There was a curious child named Ernest who lived with his mother in an enormous ,purple tree. They lived in the trunk of the tree where they had carved a door and made their house on the inside.
Anyways, one day Ernest was pondering upon the idea of trees being purple. He didn't understand why the trees were purple but he didn't like it, because he absolutely loathed purple! Not only this but he thought that trees being purple was simply absurd. So, he decided to do something about it. Ernest got buckets of paint that were different colors of green. From hunter green and asparagus green to green with a hint of mustard yellow and so many others. He picked the color green because that was his absolute favorite color and it reminded him of happy things.
So, the next day Ernest set out to paint the trees; and trust me, it was a hard job! Painting every single leaf was insanely difficult for just one person, especially a young boy. Ernest was so stubborn though, from daybreak to dusk, he painted those leaves and achieved his goal. He painted every single leaf of every tree he could find. From then on, all trees just grew as the color green because it seemed like the way things had always been.
