Once there was a tree…817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqw9PTz0TiI
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And she hated a little boy.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7l3cGkjnO
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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.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcchmvBCpfd
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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. 817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSOS4bFhfy
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And eat her apples until his belly hurt. She hoped they made him sick. 817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZpO9SQscY
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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.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55EACFkHj1
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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. 817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ221PSREVmh
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And the boy was creeped out by the tree.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WqGHpR5yw
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Very much.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxaJ3svYpY
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And the tree was full of hate.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNuKTA6hfV
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As time went by the tree grew more spiteful.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvx5YgLTIJ
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And the malevolent tree was often alone.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiF4gvZ3566
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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.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPMUyaTSlw
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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?”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXmKaSDFZW
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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.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdF7PlZnXyD
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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. 817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0GT1ntjOz
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And the tree was happy.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOfT6O2AGb
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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. 817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD50E9eacJN
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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.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAZKKOfOIv
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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?”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0P9JQ26Edd
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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.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTwlK5zi1F
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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. 817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eaQZb0Z4t
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And the tree was happy.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOWMLLPSwq
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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. 817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNZv8XkNcQ
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“Come, Boy,” she whispered, “tie a noose around one of my branches and hang yourself from it.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcHs9Q5ziA
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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.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPXnyIwigF
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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.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWEyqrRmkM
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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. 817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QKvg1R5Yr
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And the tree was happy. But not really. She wouldn't be happy until the boy was dead and gone.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7krCGBM5O
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And after a long time the boy came back again. Holding and axe.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPh8tA9DZms
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“I am sorry, Boy,” said the tree, “but you have only one thing left that I want.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IOSWgTzhN
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“I'm not here to give you anything,” said the boy. “This time I'm here to take.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzATEFAZm1Z
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“Like I took your arm?”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt80YeM3hlr
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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.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPx2x5VojOd
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“Like you did when you cut my branch? When you broke your leg?” asked the tree.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVQN86pP2z
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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.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3hqd1sDuD
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“You are not going to try and burn me like I burned you?” the tree asked in her hideous voice.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1DatpwKH7
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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.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOodXbky3bG
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“I'm sorry, Boy,” said the vile tree. “But I will not be giving today. I will be taking.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoW1PYeVki5
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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. 817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsf9RoRZBx
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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.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRGgoNYu6k
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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. 817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIJztNk9oX
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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.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsspermEHyi
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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.”817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGFDMYQXQ9
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And the boy did. 817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ov4FPn8ko
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And the tree was happy.817Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJdmIii0LT
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