Story of the Fourty-four Trees

In a forest far away their was rumoured to be 

A place where there grew fourty-four trees,

 

Now the life of a woodman is simple and fair

He need buy only trees for the timber to share

 

So not one but a family set out to find

If the fourty-four trees were one of a kind

 

But you can’t enter a forest without a good guide

A couple had told the them they could take them aside,

 

To find these fair trees was one thing to endure

But you must know the owner and pay him for sure

 

The trees were there but unseen from the road

So a new path must be made for the woodman to load

 

The couple said yes we will let you start on that work 

But you must pay a deposit fee said they with a smirk

 

While the woodman engaged crew and set appointments steady

The couple meant from the owner to get all the paperwork ready

 

They arrived at the spot the very next day with machinery and crew

But when the family met the owner there was paperwork missing askew

 

No work could be done because you can not pay

A person that can’t prove that he owns what he say

 

Promises made by the couple as the family ponder the next move

Along way they came to get fourth-four trees the rumour proved true

 

Many times the question was asked who could prove ownership 

None came forth lies told so the woodman family wasted the trip

 

Now to battle in court a refund they pursue 

But Fourty-four trees are still there what can they do