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,PEOPLE 3 

,AU?OR 3 ,LEO ,TOL/OY 

,TEXT 3 

,ONE DAY WE W]E CLEAN+ AN OV]GR[N PA? ON A HILLOCK NE> ! POND4 ,WE CUT D[N A LOT ( BRI] BU%ES1 WILL[S1 & POPL>S1--!N CAME ! TURN ( A BIRD-*]RY4 ,IT WAS GR[+ ON ! PA?1 & IT WAS SO OLD & /\T ?AT IT C\LD NOT BE LESS ?AN T5 YE>S OLD4 ,& YET ,I KNEW ?AT FIVE YE>S AGO ! G>D5 HAD BE5 CLEAN$4 ,I C\LD NOT UND]/& H[ SU* AN OLD BIRD-*]RY C\LD HAVE GR[N \T !RE4 ,WE CUT IT D[N & W5T F>!R4 ,F>!R AWAY1 9 ANO!R ?ICKET1 !RE GREW A SIMIL> BIRD-*]RY1 EV5 /\T] ?AN ! FIR/4 ,I LOOK$ AT ITS ROOT1 & SAW ?AT IT GREW UND] AN OLD L9D54 ,! L9D5 ) ITS BRAN*ES *OK$ IT1 & IT HAD /RET*$ \T AB\T TWELVE FEET 9 A /RAI<T L9E1 & ONLY !N CAME \T TO ! LI<T1 RAIS$ ITS HEAD1 & BEGAN TO BLOSSOM4 

,I CUT IT D[N AT ! ROOT1 & WAS SURPRIS$ TO F9D IT SO FRE%1 :ILE ! ROOT WAS ROTT54 ,AFT] WE HAD CUT IT D[N1 ! PEASANTS & ,I TRI$ TO PULL IT (F2 BUT NO MATT] H[ MU* WE J]K$ AT IT1 WE W]E UNABLE TO DRAG IT AWAY3 IT SEEM$ TO HAVE /UCK FA/4 ,I SAID3 

0,LOOK :E!R IT HAS NOT CAU<T SOME:]E40 

,A WORKMAN CRAWL$ UND] IT1 & CALL$ \T3 

0,IT HAS ANO!R ROOT2 IT IS \T ON ! PA?60 

,I WALK$ OV] TO HIM1 & SAW ?AT IT WAS SO4 

,NOT TO BE *OK$ BY ! L9D51 ! BIRD-*]RY HAD GONE AWAY FROM UND]NEA? ! L9D5 \T ON ! PA?1 AB\T EI<T FEET FROM ITS =M] ROOT4 ,! ROOT :I* ,I HAD CUT D[N WAS ROTT5 & DRY1 BUT ! NEW ONE WAS FRE%4 ,! BIRD-*]RY HAD EVID5TLY FELT ?AT IT C\LD NOT EXI/ UND] ! L9D51 SO IT HAD /RET*$ \T1 DROPP$ A BRAN* TO ! GR\ND1 MADE A ROOT ( ?AT BRAN*1 & LEFT ! O!R ROOT4 ,ONLY !N DID ,I UND]/& H[ ! FIR/ BIRD-*]RY HAD GR[N \T ON ! ROAD4 ,IT HAD EVID5TLY DONE ! SAME1--ONLY IT HAD HAD TIME TO GIVE UP ! OLD ROOT1 & SO ,I HAD NOT F\ND IT4 

,FROM 3 ,GUT5B]G4ORG4 

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