"Finlandia Hymn" by Appletree

Oi galerinha! Como sempre, deixo para vocês o texto da Eeva, agora depois do Rali da Finlândia.

FINLANDIA HYMN

I heard lots of whispers, angry and then soft ones, like someone had tried to calm down someone. My tree moved it branches very suddenly and I felt like she had step her foot on the ground!

"Hush little tree, hush...you are going to drop your one and only apple if you continue that!" Yes, my tree had made only one apple as the others had many of them. I was worried though, it had been so dry for weeks now and the other trees had lost their apples because of that. My tree had a certain advantage compared to the others..it knew what was coming and so it had made only one apple.

"Apple stays on..But I am considering to drop my leaves as the wind dont catch me so easily without them.." Tree sounded very bitter.

"Oh, you have a fight with the wind. Bring me popcorns."

"You know what happened last night. The consciousness of the trees has been having a severe lost.So many trees.." Tree just dropped it leaves, just like that. Gentle sound of the falling leaves was almost scary. And then the air just stood there. Not a single move. I swallowed my comments and raised my hand and touched my tree with my loving hand. I hugged the tree and knew. The tree was a consciousness of all the trees in the world. Thats why it had so much powers and thats why its grief was so overhelming.

"You know you will catch the eye of the humans as last week you had leaves a size of the newspaper. And now ..none."

"You are allergic to sun, I had to cover you somehow...but dont worry about the humans..they are all there where those fallen trees are. There is someone with the dry season too." Tree like straightened its back and this tree was the one I knew. One by one the leaves came back..

"I am going to give that thunders son a time of his life!" Tree shouted and I left to Jyväskylä which was just around the corner. I looked back and smiled.

I knew the tree had to be a little dramatic. All the leaves were black.

Its refreshing to notice there still were trees.Very much trees. Young twigs, old pines, thick spruces and birches here and there. I jumped over the rocks and fallen trees and then I heard something. It wasnt like earlier. These trees were humming. The god of forest, Tapio was humming too and the little maid Pikkarainen played her pipe. I liked Pikkarainen. She doesnt wear shoes either.

Together these spirits of forest made a sound that was there to hear. It was the sound of the thousand lakes rally, the sound you have to hear to win this rally. Because there the roads sing it too. Maybe thats why it was so difficult for a foreigner to win this rally..I wondered.

Kimi was of course sitting by the lake and he looked baffled.

"Hi, Kimi, at home at last."

"oh, hi tree woman..yeah, at home" Kimi looked to the lake and sighed a little.

"I didnt realise it is this difficult ..to hear the sound of finnish roads..look ,my map doesnt show the path at all! "

"Look at the water. What do you see?"

"My image..but ..the water moves ..its unclear."

"And the map is like the lake now."

" I know..I just dont understand the gravel yet..its like liquid under my car..and this humming is almost too much for me"

"Oh, you hear it. Did you know Sibelius was humming all the time? He made his songs like that and those songs are the musical image of the finnish nature. Get that?"

"But his songs are ..logical, this humming ...Kimi stopped right there and the light on his face was almost ridiculous.

"Oh...oh..he slapped his head.

"you are able to see that the road to Germany is very strong,dont you? These are the final rallies, the final ones that desides the path you take. "

"Yes, but there is other things too..like these drummers from all over the world..they are somehow nearer to you than at the circuits..and the privacy when you get ready to rally..well, there isnt one. I have so much to learn and to cope with. "

"Take your time" I smiled.

Then I noticed Kimi laughed to something by himself.

"What? Do I look somehow ridiculous..I know I am like a red lobster but.."

"No..no..I just thought I have really something to learn. You know Mikko drove out?"

"Yes?"

"Well, he can drive out and still keep it on the road!"

Kimi laughed and I looked at the sky.

By the time I got back to my tree, it had had one more decoration. A bumber of Kimis Citroen.

Autora do texto: Appletree (Eeva)

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