Once there was a tree…902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1MGgu5Ys6
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And she hated a little boy.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbQtYLkHmh
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And every day the boy would come and he would rake her leaves and scoop them into piles and then dive into them and laugh.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡParIQdL6aQ
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He would shimmy up the trunk and swing from her branches until they cracked. She wished he would fall and break his leg. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqW7mqpzFA
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And eat her apples until his belly hurt. She hoped they made him sick. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXghz7Q6Tn0
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And he and his brother would play hide-and-go-seek and hide behind her. She would glare at them and curse under her breath.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAn9kxxZtA0
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And on sunny days he would sleep in her shade. Her branches weren't able to move or she would have speared him with one. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3ClD2qNSx
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And the boy was creeped out by the tree.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwR2jyCVNCr
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Very much.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6e6C1HBsS
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And the tree was full of hate.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmXjUID1ot
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As time went by the tree grew more spiteful.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXl6R5dmFE
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And the malevolent tree was often alone.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyncW6wIDv
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One day the boy came to the tree and the tree said, “Come, Boy. Come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and fall off and break your neck.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM29wV92A5X
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“I don't want to climb up and break my neck,” said the boy. “I'm just thinking of a way to make some money. Do you know how I could make some money?”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYc3kFbAcjM
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“I do,” said the black hearted tree. “Climb up into my branches, Boy. Climb up and pick my apples and sell them. Then you can make some money. Then you will be happy.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjzwG8noQ4
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So the boy climbed up to pick her apples, but the tree shook her branches and the boy fell out and broke his arm. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFPySfWnRa
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And the tree was happy.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6n1HZpGkto
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But the boy stayed away for a long time and the tree glared at him and his family through their windows while they were sleeping and thought of ways to do them harm. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknFrzntnrc
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And then one day the boy came back and the tree shook with fury and she said, “Come, Boy, climb up my trunk and fall down and break your arm again and be miserable.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqM0QMNso8
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“I learned my lesson last time I climbed you,” said the boy. “I'm just trying to think of a way to build a fort for my child. You wouldn't know of a way for me to build a fort would you?”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIPKkXmfJk
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“I have no fort,” said the tree. “The forest is my fort. But you may cut off my branches and build a fort for your child. Then you will be happy.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzc1jsewv1
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And so the boy got a ladder and a saw and cut off a branch, but the branch fell wrong and hit the ladder and made it fall and the boy broke his leg. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WM5j9a0XS
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And the tree was happy.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUtfAaaJPI
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But the boy stayed away for a long time. And when he came back the tree was so angry she could hardly speak. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAQlDKmkQH
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“Come, Boy,” she whispered, “tie a noose around one of my branches and hang yourself from it.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7QCzGRvmW
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“I'm too old to climb up and hang a noose,” said the boy. “I brought some gasoline and matches with me and I'm going to burn you to the ground and rid the world of your wickedness.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDE3pWqKDF
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“Come soak me in gasoline and light me on fire,” said the tree. “Then you can burn me to ash and be happy.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0tYnc6WbN
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And so the boy doused the bottom of the tree in gasoline and lit a match and threw it onto the tree. But the tree’s roots had wrapped around his feet and the fire burned the boy’s legs. The fire quickly burnt itself out and the boy left swearing vengeance. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPGSx8l2Wj
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And the tree was happy. But not really. She wouldn't be happy until the boy was dead and gone.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQd7eeioOu
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And after a long time the boy came back again. Holding and axe.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHfItsp5vG
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“I am sorry, Boy,” said the tree, “but you have only one thing left that I want.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLH6VEPfBV
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“I'm not here to give you anything,” said the boy. “This time I'm here to take.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeQzlQ1euE
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“Like I took your arm?”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ583YmlOhXd
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“It's never been the same since you threw me out,” said the boy. “Now it's your turn to fall.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwZT0UWiFG
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“Like you did when you cut my branch? When you broke your leg?” asked the tree.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE78bRCiEJw
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“Not a mistake I will make again,” said the boy. “I didn't bring a ladder to climb. I brought an axe to cut.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVW3fI1rDt
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“You are not going to try and burn me like I burned you?” the tree asked in her hideous voice.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuA5b0D2Sr
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“No,” said the boy. “No more foolish talk. I'm here to take your black heart and extinguish your evil forever.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7PxDbJcNZ
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“I'm sorry, Boy,” said the vile tree. “But I will not be giving today. I will be taking.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoEBiSg5dL
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So the boy came forward and began to swing his axe. With every swing he cut into the old, foul flesh of the tree. With every stroke of the axe the depraved tree howled in pain and cursed at the boy. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhSFJ1Tp0K
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Finally the tree came toppling down, but as it fell it used all of it’s strength to lunge one last time. It threw it’s weight towards the boy and the hate filled tree toppled down and smashed atop the boy breaking his body once and for all.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDhz64vyqg
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The boy struggled under the weight of the wood that pinned him to the ground. Finally he was able to free himself and inch his way out from under it. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkViMbertDA
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“There,” the boy said in barely a whisper as his life force was fleeing from his body. “Now the world will never bear witness to your degenerate spirit again.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYNq1ayTxo
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“You may have ended me, but I told you I would be taking today, Boy,” the tree said. “Now I'm just an old stump. But an old stump is good for laying up against as you die. Come, Boy, come lay up against me and let us watch each other die.”902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPj85hYl0q
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And the boy did. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExilMdAnPM
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And the tree was happy.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIUrnYfLrS
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