Once there was a tree…788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhUh1rjhsS
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And she hated a little boy.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPZKkMbd3T
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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.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4u0HJD8Ns
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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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumwqcjWGzU
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And eat her apples until his belly hurt. She hoped they made him sick. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLgqE1A11s
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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.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPtBnvSJ5i
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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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VI3AJWf9x
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And the boy was creeped out by the tree.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHXx4bhoT9
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Very much.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrU7S5qhPyf
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And the tree was full of hate.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXqKtXl0KN
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As time went by the tree grew more spiteful.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOh9ssqX7O7
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And the malevolent tree was often alone.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzy86XjmJVw
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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.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrfnkCGCXD
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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?”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqnKdYgRNN
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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.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8C5p0ZAtf
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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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjUTmKVc6F
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And the tree was happy.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQcxhIFv55
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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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQZ2szymBr
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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.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rLNW4J83z
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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?”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVkbvfdxsE
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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.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJW1mOqBk5a
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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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlIGQsO8VE
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And the tree was happy.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SjHiXvMQz
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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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1C03ZwTmD
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“Come, Boy,” she whispered, “tie a noose around one of my branches and hang yourself from it.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnRpcvGwxp
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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.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWl1YyjfAJ
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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.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq32IsxcSNj
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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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1x2LsXLdL
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And the tree was happy. But not really. She wouldn't be happy until the boy was dead and gone.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS95F3S0vCM
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And after a long time the boy came back again. Holding and axe.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bt0QnJnuH
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“I am sorry, Boy,” said the tree, “but you have only one thing left that I want.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKZF7A41hY
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“I'm not here to give you anything,” said the boy. “This time I'm here to take.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGHqp5kWNw
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“Like I took your arm?”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvVaOkCow6
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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.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ln5A3rtmW
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“Like you did when you cut my branch? When you broke your leg?” asked the tree.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsUSjuVzno
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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.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vzhOfpBHE
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“You are not going to try and burn me like I burned you?” the tree asked in her hideous voice.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMKG6v7hUb
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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.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYto9CnG1X
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“I'm sorry, Boy,” said the vile tree. “But I will not be giving today. I will be taking.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWDs4sn7yx
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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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCxTC2Q2pb
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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.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxvcWFqvxj
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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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XjVoTEetx
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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.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBeTvxw9FT
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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.”788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTDKGtnOSm
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And the boy did. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1pKyhWzFD
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And the tree was happy.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgqDKHn03Y
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