Nicholas and the Tree

one day
nikolas was out for a drive
he stumbled upon
a tree
he said to himself
"this is not a normal tree"
"i can tell by the branches"
indeed, the branches were bizarre
they formed curious shapes
nikolas sought to imitate the branches
he contorted his limbs to imitate four of them
suddenly
the tree spoke
"you are a very silly man"
nikolas was surprised
he tried to speak with the tree
"you are a very silly tree"
"i was doing naught but replicating your pose"
but the tree did not respond
nikolas was perplexed
he formed his limbs into another pose
one representing the sorrow in the core of his being
for he could not carry on a conversation with something as boring as a tree
his pose reflected such sorrow
that the tree was touched
"you see"
the tree said
"you attained much greater satisfaction by expressing yourself"
"rather than imitating others"
nikolas was surprised
and happy
he would grow to be great friends with the tree
and he kept creating original content
and licensing it under creative commons
because creativity stems from other work
but it is not taken directly
so he would allow others to adopt his poses
and the poses grew more elaborate
and varied
contributed by people of all walks of life
they learned
that these poses were especially touching if they were strung together in sequence
and this
is how nikolas
created
dance