Once there was a tree…785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvW2S8UpMZ
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And she hated a little boy.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0yUKGTW8J
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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.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8OKyhVd22
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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. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3czKEUyrNV
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And eat her apples until his belly hurt. She hoped they made him sick. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeC7E580Nu
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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.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nQGVE5Kkk
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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. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieWxwAAUKh
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And the boy was creeped out by the tree.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSrl3m1JV1
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Very much.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusCbPn44nf
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And the tree was full of hate.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNErSzAG5i
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As time went by the tree grew more spiteful.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwXdP5oDBr
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And the malevolent tree was often alone.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwahTuwn2c
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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.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPRleCrfLV
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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?”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPBrBO610b
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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.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ThEGTGC5X
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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. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8y8bXoirr
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And the tree was happy.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdArRnXujE
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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. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRk9fY3vqw
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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.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOvOYMQD64
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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?”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDGB39UsmG
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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.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhU43qZB9OU
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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. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9S5tSLfp1
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And the tree was happy.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgu4XJPJ1hF
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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. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBDjlrka2V
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“Come, Boy,” she whispered, “tie a noose around one of my branches and hang yourself from it.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxnFgrTSs5
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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.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBf5ixY9Fv
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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.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOEK7ZS0os
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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. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5itwnNicFS
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And the tree was happy. But not really. She wouldn't be happy until the boy was dead and gone.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Y5AX2zkyM
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And after a long time the boy came back again. Holding and axe.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzOIJCMzay
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“I am sorry, Boy,” said the tree, “but you have only one thing left that I want.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAqGU0yom9
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“I'm not here to give you anything,” said the boy. “This time I'm here to take.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldvqfeRjHv
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“Like I took your arm?”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlngrsisoZF
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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.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OPXCMsHOs
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“Like you did when you cut my branch? When you broke your leg?” asked the tree.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDBxQiZwxq
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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.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAavAyYyHu2
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“You are not going to try and burn me like I burned you?” the tree asked in her hideous voice.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjifMpQDxFn
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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.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdytuI5IiYA
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“I'm sorry, Boy,” said the vile tree. “But I will not be giving today. I will be taking.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdo4u4kNVw
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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. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXL09KWVB6Z
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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.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDViTp0s2I
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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. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pclxZEevP
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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.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPjBXvlRWs
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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.”785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzDsTYwSno
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And the boy did. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSW03wD98a
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And the tree was happy.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzb0BM8lyj
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