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And she hated a little boy.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtKNpfcPfn
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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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhpo5J6ml0
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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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9zOfI8D0V
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And eat her apples until his belly hurt. She hoped they made him sick. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEjBbFJXQM
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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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX01O1xBaJg
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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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QlqzFeh1f
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And the boy was creeped out by the tree.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcYh06J6PY
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Very much.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLQRIndcSk
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And the tree was full of hate.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfEMlrGg4M
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As time went by the tree grew more spiteful.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5s6E4Y6Ti8
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And the malevolent tree was often alone.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7p2zSaBjm
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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.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlUKq9L3yN
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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?”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAWcnIxVNS
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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.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUDIkTRCCM
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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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40Bl4cEZU3
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And the tree was happy.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDlraO2sbV
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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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzDe25Csbh
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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.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviPNu9Kwzk
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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?”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2KSkrAeDw
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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.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMu3BjojGc4
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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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRVl0rhgyT
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And the tree was happy.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92SH2g29XO
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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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyULRD7Qsep
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“Come, Boy,” she whispered, “tie a noose around one of my branches and hang yourself from it.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VIZm7sFJ3
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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.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvEjY8sftY
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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.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6GGMpMgUb
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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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbv65TU7LZm
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And the tree was happy. But not really. She wouldn't be happy until the boy was dead and gone.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0Puyf7Xb0
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And after a long time the boy came back again. Holding and axe.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAv6bK9mTZG
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“I am sorry, Boy,” said the tree, “but you have only one thing left that I want.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNazm0t2Ud
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“I'm not here to give you anything,” said the boy. “This time I'm here to take.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhOaa1BI7B
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“Like I took your arm?”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBExnBXXaJZ
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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.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwM1B8U5ct4
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“Like you did when you cut my branch? When you broke your leg?” asked the tree.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqXtiS9mnW
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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.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1T78BzFqia
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“You are not going to try and burn me like I burned you?” the tree asked in her hideous voice.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ye4GkzzVr
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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.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauLrG8810Q
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“I'm sorry, Boy,” said the vile tree. “But I will not be giving today. I will be taking.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23iJDBhGio
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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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PCR6rdSvU
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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.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsozwIvS4G
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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. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7knPOUnI7
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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.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKadhpFQkD1
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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.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoYlHIC5Ly
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And the boy did. 753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmi7534Jf9O
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And the tree was happy.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzPEsGGEAv
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