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Can't he see that it's not right for him to cut down the tree that gives him, and his kind, such benevolent shade?
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It is said that the Romans often cut down a fir tree to keep in their houses during the sparse winter months as a form of appeasement to the goddess Ceres (originally Demeter, Greek goddess of the hearth).
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The tree is cut down one day in November during a ceremony in which the Lord Mayor of Westminster, the British ambassador to Norway and the Mayor of Oslo take active part.
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The 27-tonne tree is diseased with fungi and the owner wants it cut down as he would be liable for any damage caused should it fall.
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Once you have found the perfect tree, he says, you have to wait for the perfect day to cut it down.
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"Thanet Council's planning officer has stated 20 trees will be cut down, but the speakers at the demonstration felt that not one tree should go, " he said.
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Campaigners fighting plans to cut down a historic elm tree in Brighton have ended their protest after the city council agreed to hold talks with them.
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Two years later, in 2008, then-U.S. captain Paul Azinger was determined to make similar changes, including having a tree limb cut down after one team member found it was disrupting his tee shot on the 16th hole.
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