human
Generate a short description of a serene scene outside a forest with a tree trunk and a stump.
assistant
Shady elms grow on either side of the trade road. The spreading trees cast shadows on the lower foliage, allowing ferns, columbines, fuchsias and other shade plants to flourish. Here and there a stump shows where a woodcutter has taken a tree, dragging off the trunk and leaving the trimmed branches to decay on the loamy ground.