Once there was a tree…761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tfMExNc38
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And she hated a little boy.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRarVYQNco
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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.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIyeNTJQcZ
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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. 761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZMfTDK419
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And eat her apples until his belly hurt. She hoped they made him sick. 761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETEWKDst3d
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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.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98Ru6M7bhF
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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. 761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORL4IOm0HM
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And the boy was creeped out by the tree.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIU1uJoylA
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Very much.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHIxY16AjF
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And the tree was full of hate.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBG220msda4
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As time went by the tree grew more spiteful.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLG3ZVtraHa
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And the malevolent tree was often alone.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2VlUZ93yh
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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.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiQFHSu0uZ
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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?”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SskMgeaqC
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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.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWdNdTvqDi
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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. 761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdw4OAYuqlT
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And the tree was happy.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nEAZIZ0gr
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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. 761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKSvp9RBEQ
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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.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlgtqfElnb
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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?”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdILHgkWmtK
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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.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELoEiPHyX7
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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. 761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNr2mqIKo2z
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And the tree was happy.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AXTEjiUMp
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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. 761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiXelDUfUS
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“Come, Boy,” she whispered, “tie a noose around one of my branches and hang yourself from it.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9ahF1rIBN
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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.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiYFUwur2t
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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.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1Kr30Zt5N
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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. 761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFniHq0rHZH
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And the tree was happy. But not really. She wouldn't be happy until the boy was dead and gone.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsWR80wHLM
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And after a long time the boy came back again. Holding and axe.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpH2kVze38b
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“I am sorry, Boy,” said the tree, “but you have only one thing left that I want.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJBn9CVahY
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“I'm not here to give you anything,” said the boy. “This time I'm here to take.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDA7vX6KV3
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“Like I took your arm?”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ges0DCrUN
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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.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxayhca3qZ
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“Like you did when you cut my branch? When you broke your leg?” asked the tree.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiFq4Fb1cM
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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.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHGWacdC8L
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“You are not going to try and burn me like I burned you?” the tree asked in her hideous voice.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg15iHorY8r
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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.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhI5VTc87g1
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“I'm sorry, Boy,” said the vile tree. “But I will not be giving today. I will be taking.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4iwoVYoIM
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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. 761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BvPOZwiBM
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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.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYWDON8fXy
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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. 761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxQnkAw9nv
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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.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjtPmCRhTK
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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.”761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXeUOChLDS
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And the boy did. 761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaSKcdLsw2
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And the tree was happy.761Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCAbAoMDCt
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