Post Messenger Recorder -

Hello world. I am a leaf. Not just any leaf - I AM A MAPLE LEAF! No need to brag. After all, I am the lone symbol of an entire nation. Heck, there’s even a hockey team named after me. No other leaf in the woods can make such claims. When I turn color my beauty is special beyond words...from tip to tip shades of red, yellow, auburn and orange - a palette of colors which can only be found in nature, i.e. me. (Dare I say that my friends, the Oaks, remain “green with envy”?)

I live in a tree with my brothers and sisters whom we call Mother Maple. Our tree is perched on a steep ba...