Coconuts, coconuts, Coconuts.
My favourite Tree in the world is the Coconut tree. Its beautiful - Curved and delicate, yet strong as an ox. Its supple, and tropical. I maintain, and always will - that the tropics would not be the Tropics without this beautiful tree that decorates tropical beaches with a sense of the sublime. Now all you tropical beach lover's out there know I am right! The sound of the wind through the leaves gives us an accompaniment to the look of the swaying fronds. The grace of a cocnut tree almost makes up for the fact that falling coconuts can be dangerous.They are delicious too aren't they? The Fruit I mean? I remember a marine on duty on the beach calling me over one day. I trudged toward him apprehensive, staring at his automatic rifle. He could kill me with that I was thinking. He asked where I was from. He then turned around and Barked some orders at a teenage boy, who pinned his ears back...
