Onthetopofatreewhichhadlostallitsotherleaves.twostillremainedhangingfromonebranch:OleandTrufa.Forsomereasonunknowntothem,OleandTrufahad36alltherainsandwinds.ButOleandTrufabelievedtheanswer37inthegreatlovetheyboreoneanother.Oneleafcando 38 foranotherwhenthewindblows,therainpours 39 ,OleencouragedTrufaateveryopportunity
Attimesduringcoldandstormynights,Olewould 40 :“Mytimehascome,Trufa,butyouhangon!”
“Whatfor?”Trufaasked.“Withoutyou,mylifeis 41 .Ifyoufall,I’11fallwithyou.”
OnedayJustasTrufaspokethesewords,whattheytwohad 42allthesemonthshappened-awindcameupandtoreOle43fromthebranch.SoonOledisappearedfromsightandTrufawasleftallaloneonthetree.
AslongasitwasstilldayTrufamanagedsomehowto 44 hersorrow.Butwhenitgrewdarkandcoldshe 45 despair.Somehowshefeltthattheblameforalltheleafy 46 waslaidonthetree.Leavesfellbutthetrunkstoodtalland 47 rootedinthewood.Nowindorraincould 48 it.
OnenightTrufadozedoff.Thenextmorningtoher 49 shefoundthatshewasnolonger 50 onthetree.Thewindhadblownherdownwhileshewasasleep.She 51 nowthatshewasn'tjustaleafthat52thewindbutthatshewas53oftheuniverse.
NexttoherlayOleandthey 54 eachotherwithalovetheyhadn'tbeenawareofbefore.Thiswasn'talovethatdependedonchancebutaloveaspowerfuland 55 astheuniverseitself.