The truth of this story is that no one can really turn another person
             into a tree, no matter what kind of magical powers they possess, so the
             story of Sandy and his everlasting spirit in the wood cannot be true.
             However, Sandy could have disappeared, and Tenie certainly could have
             mourned him, and believed his spirit lived in the tree. This is where
             illusion and truth separate, and illusion takes over the mind. Tenie felt
             Sandy's spirit lived in the tree, and so when it was cut down, the illusion
             was ruined, and Tenie mourned his loss. Illusion took over her mind and
             her life, and she was certain that she was responsible for the loss of
             Sandy's spirit, and that it still existed in the lumber from the tree. Her
             illusions were quite real to her, and were quite real to the people around
             her, and so, they evolved into the "truth" of the folk legend that old
             Julius narrated to the couple as they waited to order their lumber.
             Illusion and truth can blend together to become one if they coexist long
             enough, and Julius' story shows this. Clearly, the story had been around a
             long time, and just with many stories, it had evolved into the legend that
             Julius passed down. This happens all the time with legends and folklore,
             they are blown out of proportion or altered as time passes, and so they do
             not closely resemble the actual truth, but become more of an illusion of
             That none of the Negroes questioned the truth of the story is
             significant, because they simply accepted it for what it was, and that
             these magical happenings were indeed possible. The realists of the story,
             the white couple, of course recognize that the story cannot be true, but
             the Blacks of the story just as readily accept that magic can exist, and
             who is really right, and who is really wrong' That is the ultimate truth
             about truth and illusion, that one man's truth is another's illusion. The
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