Once there was a tree…762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSFLqGZsVC
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And she hated a little boy.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUaQQeqt8K
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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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfw4R1FSDA
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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. 762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWefSzdii6G
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And eat her apples until his belly hurt. She hoped they made him sick. 762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTctJA6mc2J
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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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1K6gQRDwsF
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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. 762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTL9aavdvz
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And the boy was creeped out by the tree.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkzLDjjcri
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Very much.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDmqnmNgkw
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And the tree was full of hate.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgpiAvwDpc
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As time went by the tree grew more spiteful.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzarfgIfzg9
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And the malevolent tree was often alone.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZOSnWF8gq
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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.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qeV0cet1k
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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?”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtuCu6fGBZ
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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.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmD8Erwf18t
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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. 762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAtQR88fE6
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And the tree was happy.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDooIcj5WcQ
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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. 762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQd179bWoMs
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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.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5UdxjcKUV
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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?”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsHjo5Ka0E
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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.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2TIXR0ySa
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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. 762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0bmLQGULI
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And the tree was happy.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwFUcAn7ts
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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. 762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1uKs54mo0
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“Come, Boy,” she whispered, “tie a noose around one of my branches and hang yourself from it.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq284vK8Fwy
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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.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PDOzlXbU9
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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.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58ZB7m3GX4
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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. 762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2Ua8xZ6H0
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And the tree was happy. But not really. She wouldn't be happy until the boy was dead and gone.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ri7wTwurS
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And after a long time the boy came back again. Holding and axe.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MbJ84rcfb
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“I am sorry, Boy,” said the tree, “but you have only one thing left that I want.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgtwGirAIE
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“I'm not here to give you anything,” said the boy. “This time I'm here to take.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0pd8ifpZh
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“Like I took your arm?”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF36uWbFe3w
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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.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgdO23Es2a
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“Like you did when you cut my branch? When you broke your leg?” asked the tree.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMoTQB0PMq
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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.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmrWrDvrJH
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“You are not going to try and burn me like I burned you?” the tree asked in her hideous voice.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCMB5LZm41
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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.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5n8VbQPVoo
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“I'm sorry, Boy,” said the vile tree. “But I will not be giving today. I will be taking.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxZBiCtAW7
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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. 762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5VRipvSpV
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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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJOaLxjDre
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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. 762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALWj1BDMJa
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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.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cL8Mt0h12
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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.”762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlK2Qa5k9j
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And the boy did. 762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjBT8CJQ8W
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And the tree was happy.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEo0s5zKGeT
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