Mielikkians are taught to embrace the wild and fear it not, because the wild
ways are the good ways. They are to keep the balance and learn the hidden
ways of all life. They should not allow trees to be needlessly felled or the
forest to be burned. They are to live in the forest and be a part of the
forest, not dwell in endless battle against the forest.
Walkers of the Forest Way must protect forest life, defend every tree, plant
anew where death fells a tree, and strive to keep the balance that
indiscriminate fire-users and woodcutters break. They are to live in harmony
with the woods, to teach others to do so, and to punish and frustrate those
who hunt for sport (not food) and who practice cruelties upon wild creatures.