Why We Tell The Story Stephen Flaherty

[STORYTELLER 1, spoken]
A tree that sprang up and cracked the walls of the Hotel Beauxhomme, so that its gates could never close again

[STORYTELLER 2, spoken]
A tree that lived forever sheltering peasant and grand hommes alike

[STORYTELLER 3, spoken]
A tree that watched over Daniel for his lifetime

[STORYTELLER 4, spoken]
A tree in which his children played

[STORYTELLER 5, spoken]
And one day as Daniel's young son sat in the shade of the tree, he noticed a beautiful young peasant girl high in the branches, looking out at the world. And the spirit of Ti Moune touched their hearts and set them free to love

[STORYTELLER 6]
And she stands against the lightning and the thunder

[STORYTELLER 7]
And she shelters and protects us from above

[STORYTELLER 6 & 7]
And she fills us with the power and the wonder of her love

[STORYTELLERS]
And this is why we tell the story
Why we tell the story
Why we tell the story
Why we tell the story