BIRCH & the freedom between the solid surfaces.8 fictional stories from the childhood. The main text; BIRCH may stand for vegetation, innocence, growing up. In The Amorfa there is a birch tree exposed to violence.The subtext; the freedom between the solid surfaces is `the spaces between the leaves of the birch`. In THE CROSSING there is the text - "to jump from the edge of the table to the floor".It is exactly in that space ( In between) one develops, in the `not knowing area `.