Once there was a tree…838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIzYfojQMs
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And she hated a little boy.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55p62N6LfP
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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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKn46Iz83tF
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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. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGpgsxkDKO
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And eat her apples until his belly hurt. She hoped they made him sick. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8l8agOypk8
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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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqZOtd5zCs
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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. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpgjwUAECI
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And the boy was creeped out by the tree.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqTIjzXhn1
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Very much.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrJUN6TmkG
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And the tree was full of hate.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7td2T0ixT
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As time went by the tree grew more spiteful.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGPvdrfl3m
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And the malevolent tree was often alone.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiE6yJk4fb
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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.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9bcIrfV4l
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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?”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5ZLWdPflz
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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.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8b40s7jpu
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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. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUvVCSiJKY
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And the tree was happy.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbj9X5tyvf
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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. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OjqiQyIrq
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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.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuc6ro4Nom
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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?”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbjn38CVBU
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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.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4sAdSw9RZ
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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. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVrLheAIoT
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And the tree was happy.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJ7wMpzqYd
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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. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBcKsSHC0u
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“Come, Boy,” she whispered, “tie a noose around one of my branches and hang yourself from it.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGRtf4UgQD
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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.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmHYCTD1qJ
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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.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtk4usb4Uo
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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. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHp54hzlHE
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And the tree was happy. But not really. She wouldn't be happy until the boy was dead and gone.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDddWpTYSZX
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And after a long time the boy came back again. Holding and axe.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZweIiGyw9
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“I am sorry, Boy,” said the tree, “but you have only one thing left that I want.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Zpfzvm6pM
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“I'm not here to give you anything,” said the boy. “This time I'm here to take.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7Dc027VIs
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“Like I took your arm?”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklgAmWC2O7
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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.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkWOTzY6IE
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“Like you did when you cut my branch? When you broke your leg?” asked the tree.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaIoP9IYik
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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.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8cXElyCLy
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“You are not going to try and burn me like I burned you?” the tree asked in her hideous voice.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRMVqcqo5a
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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.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZjHMDnij4
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“I'm sorry, Boy,” said the vile tree. “But I will not be giving today. I will be taking.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1vIFHuKtD
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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. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQqboKZ5Gp
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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.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9VIwW5tuG
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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. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK2LLlbhCY
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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.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06Gx1d01Tf
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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.”838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcSLZ8bl2g
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And the boy did. 838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExSfVh6L5R
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And the tree was happy.838Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOK8KS3CQGD
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