The Man Who Planted Trees

00:00:01 THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES

00:01:32 or perhaps a well.

00:02:57 Everywhere I came upon the same drought

00:04:25 a stone house whose walls clearly showed how his own labour

00:05:56 the nearest village was still almost two days walk away.

00:07:02 the sale of charcoal and the church pew

00:08:15 As he did this he discarded the smaller ones or those that were cracked

00:09:14 and put them into a pail of water to soak.

00:10:34 I asked him if he owned the land.

00:11:38 That left ten thousand oaks to grow on this tract of land where before

00:12:45 So I told him that in thirty years those ten thousand oaks would be magnificent.

00:14:24 This was my only thought

00:15:35 but now he had over a hundred hives of bees.

00:16:44 and beech trees as high as my shoulder, stretching as far as the eye could see

00:17:54 Long ago these brooks had been full of water.

00:18:58 That is why no one had meddled with the work of the shepherd.

00:20:34 It was the first time, the forester told him naively

00:21:59 I was right about my friend the forester.

00:23:05 "that this man knows more about it than I do."

00:24:23 Again I had set out on the road to those barren moors;

00:25:38 And then even more astonishing

00:26:57 I could see small fields of young barley and rye

00:28:19 Counting those who lived here before

01:09:03 from the authorities