White flags, tied to poles or stripped branches, fluttered from waggon tops.

Kan-Kuk's long skinny arms flailed like stripped branches in a storm.

The trees huddled in their rows, whispering menacingly, and stretching half- stripped branches to the silent sky.

A few early snows, sluiced away by heavy seasonal rains that stripped branches of their colorful cloaks, hinted at the coming cold.

The sun was now high, and it shone down through the half- stripped branches of the trees, and lit the clearing with bright patches of light.