Robert Macfarlane — The Worlds Beneath Our Feet
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Underland Journey
The way into the underland is through the riven trunk of an old ash tree. Late summer heat wave, heavy air and bees browsing drowsy over meadow grass. Somewhere down on lower ground, an unseen fire is burning its smoker column. A child drops stones one by one into a metal bucket near the ashes base. Its trunk splits into a rough rift, just wide enough that a person might slip into the tree's hollow heart....
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