human
Produce a detailed written description of a dreary scene outside a prairie with pine trees, needles, and tree trunks.
assistant
A few scraggly pine trees dot the landscape, their thin trunks rising from mounds of broken shale and windblown dust. Each branch droops slightly, its surface sprouting small clusters of yellowing pine needles and its bark thin and wrinkled. The base of each tree is surrounded by a shadow of drying needles.