This was written by a dear sister in Christ after having a dream from the Lord. I thought it was worth sharing, and welcome any interpretations. It will be interesting to see if they confirm one another.
 

There was a tree farmer who owned and planted a tree in his own land.  Before long, the cedar tree grew to such heights that it crowded out the trees around it and blocked out the sun.  So the farmer cut down the tree and gave a sprig off the top to a great eagle to plant on the riverbanks in a new land so that it might grow and multiply according to the farmer’s desires.  Now the eagle entrusted to accomplish this task was a great and beautiful eagle, full of plumage that glistened in every color of the rainbow.  The eagle did as the farmer instructed, and soon it forth branches as it were, of a willow tree that bowed in honor to the one who planted it.  In its youth it grew and prospered as its roots were fed by the riverbanks, and it brought forth fine jewels as fruit in every color imaginable.

The sparkle of the multi-colored jewels attracted the attention of another great eagle.  This eagle was not as the first one.  The eagle coveted the jewels of the tree, believing that if he had the jewels, he could become like the great and beautiful eagle that planted the tree for the farmer.  So the eagle devised a plan to steal the jewels for himself.

Now the eagle knew that the willow tree was young and immature, and small in stature as compared to other trees, so he approached the willow tree.  “I will give you every manner of soil nutrient available to help you grow strong quickly so that your roots will be well nourished and you will never need worry again concerning how you will eat.  The only thing I ask in return is that you give me your jewels.”

Some of the branches thought this a good bargain and so a third of the branches gave up their jewels to the eagle.  The eagle kept his word, and sent ravens to bring to the roots of the tree any manner of animal carcase and creepy crawling things to provide nourishment in the soil for the tree.  However, as the ravens did so, they also left behind the seeds of thorn bushes and thistles that soon grew and overtook the banks of the river, restricting the flow of water to the tree.  Soon the tree began to wither, and once again, the eagle approached the willow tree.

“I will give you abundance of waters and rain so that you will never need worry again concerning the dews of heaven to satisfy your drought.  The only thing I ask in return is that you give me your jewels.”

Again, some of the branches thought this a good thing, as the tree had already begun to wither in the drought, and so a third of the branches gave up their jewels to the eagle.  The eagle kept his word, and sent the cattle of the field to trample upon a mudhole near the willow tree, and soon the mudhole grew large enough to feed the willow tree’s roots.  However, as the cattle did so, they also left behind dung, which attracted flies and insects and brought disease to the tree.  Soon the tree began to wither again, and once again, the eagle approached the willow tree.

“I will make your branches mighty and strong and free of insects and disease so that you will never need worry again concerning your desire to satisfy your health.  The only thing I ask in return is that you give me your jewels.”

Finally, the remaining branches thought this the only good thing left to do, as the tree had once again begun to wither, and so they gave up their jewels to the eagle.  The eagle kept his word, and sent the ravens to lodge in the tree branches and eat the insects round about it, and the eagle was glad in his heart for having accomplished his heart’s desire to possess the jewels.  The willow tree continued to feed off the dead and creeping things of the earth and the water in the mudhole that fed the cattle of the earth, and gladly allowed the ravens to lodge in its branches to ward off insects.  The tree grew to such great stature that all of the other trees wondered in amazement at how mighty it had become.  Some trees wanted to be like it, but others were repelled by the foul odors surrounding it.

Soon the tree farmer decided to visit his tree to see what had become of it.  He saw the great stature of the tree, its lack of jeweled fruit, and the stench of its odor filled his nostrils.  He was wroth with anger.  “Why have you sold the jewels that were not yours to give?” he asked the tree.  So he took the imposter eagle and stripped him of the jewels it had stolen by deception and canceled the agreement the eagle had with the tree. 

The farmer filled in the mudhole with dirt, burned the thorns and thistles along the banks of the river, and the birds were removed as he cut the tree down to a stump.  The tree was not even a shadow of its former self.

The farmer then took a tender sprig from his stock, grafted it into the stump of the tree, and took twelve codfish, wrapped securely in burlap, and buried them along with the jewels around the tree’s roots.   Soon the tree began to shoot forth branches from all over the stump, so that each willow branch came forth as running vines that stretched forth to cover the earth.  As the branches grew, they produced jewels of all colors that sparkled in the light of the sun.  All of the other trees were amazed at the beauty and grandeur of the lowly willow tree and its adornment, and desired to be like it.  So as the vines reached other trees who wanted to join it, the branches would cover over willing trees and provide a root among them.  The vines of the tree soon covered the earth as far as the east is to the west and the north is to the south, and to the farmer’s delight, the vines grew so thick that the jewels on its branches seemed to glow and glisten as one large jewel.  The farmer was well pleased indeed.