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[lukstra]

The farmer Mafol Fikodrith was collecting fruit from the fortress rambutan tree grove when she gave birth. She canceled the "gather plants" job to seek her infant, but then canceled that job due to "dangerous terrain". Now she is hanging out in the meeting area as if nothing happened while her child is still stuck in the tree. The child is making no effort to come down, probably because the path is impossible without a stepladder. I guess this dwarf will end up spending 12 years in the tree with only the fortress cat for company? I would normally cut the tree down without hesitation, but the grove happens to be fortress's primary source of food (as a challenge).

EDIT:
I already attempted building a scaffolding to create a path to the tree. For some reason the mother still doesn't path to the child.

On the next gather plants job, the mother suddenly realized: "Isn't that my child lying next to me in this tree?" So this issue is resolved. I guess that poor child was saved from potentially becoming an elf sympathizer after spending years above-ground in a tree with no booze.

[smeeprocket]

in a year, assuming the baby survives, it will probably climb down.

Either way, no big deal. That's one less hungry mouth to feed.

[Thisfox]

The dwarf who was born in a tree.... It's sort of like that cabbage patch kid story... or pumpkin patch....

[Magistrum]

Tough the child probably shouldn't be trusted... damn tree-hugger right from the start of his life.

[Illogical_Blox]

Just cut down the teee. If its dwarvenly enough, it'll be fine.

[Itnetlolor]

I am tempted to sing "Rock: A Bye Baby". Because he'll fall like one, and farewells may be had.

Heh. Rock: He grew up in a tree. Raise him in the tree, and he may become a stoop kid. Because he never leaves his stoop.

EDIT:
I'm too late.

[Melting Sky]

It's like the Dwarfen equivalent of leaving one's kid in the car with windows rolled up.

[Naryar]

Are you sure that mother didn't sympathize too much with the latest elf caravan ? Because for a dwarf to keep in a tree for that long...

I know this is DF2014 and it's hippie dwarf edition : let's go climb in trees : elf-ectric boogaloo but even though.

[Badger Storm]

This sounds like the plot for a really bad reality show.

[Uronym]

This sounds like the plot for a really bad reality show.

This evening on Real Dwarves:

Pregnant Rakust Obokgeshud was picking apples from the tree like an elf, and lo and behold, an elf came out of her womb! It climbed up the tree and stayed there for a while. Rakust decided to leave it alone. After all, it was tough work being a wife and mother of 9 children already.

A few months later, Rakust was confronted in the orchard by the fortress social workers. They were concerned that a baby could not develop properly in a tree, for a variety of reasons which they carefully explained to Rakust. Immediately she became outraged, and began to deny that it was her child, even though everyone in the fortress knew the truth.

As time went on Rakust became an outcast, occasionally lashing out at random workers who she would beat soundly whilst crying. Nobody understood her anymore. Her child, contrary to expectations, had grown up in the tree to the point that it decided, one day, to get down. It was perfectly fine, a completely normal dwarf... or was it?

Stay tuned for the next episode of Real Dwarves!

[GavJ]

Was listening to this song when I saw this thread, very appropriate, it's about living in a tree!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcsmMPKLqR0