Stutong Part 6 - Live Dried Leaves Exhibition 01

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We found a lot of dried leaves in the park.  These large leaves are our favorites.  They had lines on them which looked like the spider web in the middle part.  Some of them got holes because they were too weak to protect themselves against the force of raindrop, wind or worm bite when they were still green.

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SiewPeng was holding the large leaves and let me took the photos.  Compare the size of her hand and the leaves; you can roughly know how big the leaves were.  I imagine if there were thousand of soldiers holding a big leaf each and go for marching, they will look like giant ants.

The following are different types of tropical trees leaves.

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Leaf #1.  It was the large leaf which SiewPeng was holding

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Leaf #2.  It was not in a complete shape but the nature had carved it into an artistic shape.

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Leaf #3.

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Leaf #4.  (Leaf #3 and #4 are from the same family).

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Leaf #5.  Leaf can have different posture as well.

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Leaf #6.  A tanned curly leaf.

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Leaf #7.  It looked gentle.

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Leaf #8.  It looked like a pear.

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There was a group of four leaves friend.  They were still hanging on the branches and not willing to leave each other.  They must be good friends.  They have curly body which means they were too dry. Their ages and the presence of high tropical temperature caused the change of the shapes of their body.  They have been together since they were green (young).  They must have been sharing with each other about their photosynthesis experience when they were green. 

They looked like old folks sitting at the coffee shop and have a long chat with other old folk friends.  And they may talk about their family, their achievement in life and so on.  I have seen a coffee shop that have been upgraded into a club for old folk, they come everyday, if the coffee shop is not open early enough, they will come and knock on the door.  The place for them to gather seems more important that everything else in their life.  However that club is a place for them to gamble and it is licensed according to the owner.

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We also found something special among the leaves.  What had happened there?  Is there a small world war in the middle of the wood?  Lets imagine.