Pablo loved the trees. Because he was not allowed to run wild like other children, he felt a kinship with the trees he saw outside his window. They remained in one place, just like him. He knew each one individually, aware of when it bloomed or lost its leaves. But one day, something monstrous happened: Pablo saw the trees moving their trunks in a way he had never seen before, shaking and lifting their roots from the ground, as they rose into the air and flew away like kites. The boy learned that the trees were fleeing because people did not honor them and were destroying their habitat. When they were all gone, sand and dust covered the planet. But suddenly, as Pablo mourned the loss of his friends and his tears fell to the ground, his trees returned one by one, and the people had understood. Gioconda Belli tells her story with free confession.