I'm not supposed to date you, Jenny. " "That's what you said before. " He leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "I didn't think this was going to be a problem. I mean, I'm pretty good at not letting someone become important to me. I have to be if I want to make it to L. A. " "I understand. " He laughed. "How nice of you to understand, since you're the one making it a struggle for me! It would be so easy to make you important.
In the religion of the Medes and Persians the cult of trees plays an important part, and with them, as with Assyrians, the symbol of eternal life was a tree with a stream at its roots. Another object of veneration was the sacred miracle tree, which within itself contained the seeds of all.