Editing Mala (section)

===Mala===
Asked who she was by the funny-looking people who confronted her, the tree was at something of a loss, though something sounding like "Mala" echoed in her head, so she went with that. It took her a while to realize that they were naming her, which both pleased and confused her. They seemed to think she was a person; and true, she /had/ come to town to see what being a person was like, and everyone but the funny-looking people were very nice about ignoring the fact that she was a tree. But the funny-looking people kept insisting that she was a person who'd become a tree, not a tree who was trying to be a person, and kept at it until Mala wasn't even sure herself anymore, which frightens her to this day. What if she ''was'' a person before she was a tree? But... what if she was never a person, and will have to go back to the orchard someday? True, it was nice for a while, but.. being a person was kinda fun. 

Those people who politely ignore Mala's treeness see a very tall and gangly young woman with auburn hair and brown eyes, wearing loose earth-toned clothing that catches breezes early. She never wears shoes and doesn't seem to mind either scorching hot pavement or chilly rainy days. 

Those who see past that see a ''very'' tall young woman with fine bark skin and red-orange leaves taking the place of her hair (though, in the spring and summer they gain a bit of their greenish pallor back). She wears a short skirt, a small sleeveless top, and a trailing scarf made up of autumn leaves woven together, that forever leave a few leaves in her wake wherever she goes. Her roots look.. enough like feet to get by, though she does prefer to bury them in earth whenever she can.