The Last Dream of an Oak Tree By Hans Christian Anderson Listen to the story The Last Dream of an Oak Tree In the forest high up on the steep shore and not far from the open sea coast stood a very old oak tree; it was just 365 years old, but that long time was to the tree as the same number of days might be to us; we wake by day in sleep by night and then we have our dreams; it is different with the tree; it is obliged to keep awake through three seasons of the year and does not get any sleep until winter comes. Winter is its time for rest; it’s the night after the long day of spring,…