And so with great care he planted his hundred acornsWhile hiking through the wild lavender in a windswept desolate valley in Provence a man comes across a solitary shepherd called Elzard Bouffier. Staying with him he watches Elzard sorting and then planting hundreds of acorns as he walks through the wilderness.Ten years later after surviving the First World War he visits the shepherd again. A young forest is slowly spreading over the valley Elzard has continued his work. Year after year the narrator returns to see the miracle being created a verdant green landscape that is testament to one mans creative instinct. miracle he is gradually creating a verdant green landscape that is a testament to one mans creative instinct.I love the humanity of this story and how one mans efforts can change the future for so many Michael Morpurgo IndependentVINTAGE EARTH is a series of books that reveals our everchanging relationship with the environment. These are stories old and young set in worlds real or imagined that allow us to explore our connection to the natural world. Transformative wild surprising and essential these novels take on the most urgent story of our times.