Jiang You ignored her unreasonable request and asked instead, "Trees have brains too?"
"Trees of course don't have brains, but I do!
Of course, a very, very long time ago, I didn't have a brain either. Back then, I was very happy. As a tree, as long as I grew strong and healthy, I had nothing to worry about.
But I was too lonely. I was the first tree here, and there were no other trees back then.
Later, there were other trees, but I still felt like I was all alone.
Until one day, someone's head fell into my shade. She died.
So I secreted sap to preserve the head and keep it from rotting. Then, over a very, very long time, I moved my vines and picked up the brain, putting it inside my tree hollow.
I also spent tens of thousands of years growing the brain together with me. That way, I could say I had a brain too.
After I got a brain, I came up with so many questions. I was no longer a tree without worries.
I was very lonely, so I picked up a mouth too.
But after I had a mouth and could speak, there were no trees around to answer me.
Then I picked up an eye too. I could see very, very far away!
But I was still all alone. I had seen humans before, but whenever I spoke, they either screamed and ran away or tried to burn me with fire. Humans are awful!
I wanted to pick up more people's mouths and eyes and give them to the other trees, but they wouldn't move. They didn't want them.
The eyes and mouths rotted on them, and they still wouldn't pick them up.
I was just too lonely. So