Once there was a tree…810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEFKYtxwwP
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And she hated a little boy.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9jsDFFHEM
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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.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyitMAQzLK
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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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cDdejZRMH
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And eat her apples until his belly hurt. She hoped they made him sick. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdymqQkqQWa
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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.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpX5koIv5nd
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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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Fc9HwUIH3
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And the boy was creeped out by the tree.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaM4k38gGyQ
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Very much.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBIdJzG7ib
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And the tree was full of hate.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2lUQibjWt
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As time went by the tree grew more spiteful.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYfvw9HZh6
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And the malevolent tree was often alone.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZSOzHkSMi
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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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNDPaASaXp
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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?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYJAwDCbt1
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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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2krkcK8ht
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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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoB44hn44yR
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And the tree was happy.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dIpvMtY2s
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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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXucBqTSG4
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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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xzT2cJTSt
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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?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmJFElYTbM
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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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pCYJliwrF
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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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPmmOiFCPx
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And the tree was happy.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASG8sRt9q9
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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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnKCUSaWT1
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“Come, Boy,” she whispered, “tie a noose around one of my branches and hang yourself from it.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FeYC3lcLd
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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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZAcj9UFOb
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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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhBU8bbJVN
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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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmWZH9szWF
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And the tree was happy. But not really. She wouldn't be happy until the boy was dead and gone.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNGqCY7hpB
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And after a long time the boy came back again. Holding and axe.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EHzlgXUYL
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“I am sorry, Boy,” said the tree, “but you have only one thing left that I want.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AQbZMfEAm
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“I'm not here to give you anything,” said the boy. “This time I'm here to take.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dw1CLhRYF
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“Like I took your arm?”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfg6R8cykBt
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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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNb5amOClH
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“Like you did when you cut my branch? When you broke your leg?” asked the tree.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhcG6W9AEU
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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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jY5Rg3wlZ
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“You are not going to try and burn me like I burned you?” the tree asked in her hideous voice.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNAprK6Et4
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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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEcaBSnafQ
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“I'm sorry, Boy,” said the vile tree. “But I will not be giving today. I will be taking.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQs78n8GK93
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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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUByIOjGoGd
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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.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNnKonr2l8
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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. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2Pi387h2m
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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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0ExMObrvw
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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.”810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbg5FsI1LKk
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And the boy did. 810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtRKQGq830
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And the tree was happy.810Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMkyGOjqBe
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