THE TREE'S FATE
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One day the -big ''Picnic Tree" as it was called, was listening and watching Alison her friend, Adrian. It heard some very sad news, and this is how it came about: Alison and Adrian were playing about under the tree, when-Alison said: .
"I'm tired of playing. Let's sit down under the tree and I'll tell you what Daddy said he was going to do with this very tree, because it has not been bearing any fruit this year.
"Last night Daddy said, 'Do you know, I'm beginning to wonder if that tree out in the garden is going to give us any fruit this year. I'm going to cut it down.'"
The poor tree could not understand. It had been in the garden for years and had provided much shelter for the family \Mien they were tired and hot.
Nothing more was said about the matter that day, so the tree cheered up a bit and it thought that Alison's" father might not really have meant what he said.
The next day being a holiday for father, saw the tree looking very unhappy, for here was father coming out with, his axe.
By nightime there ' was nothing left of the tree except a few di-y roots. Alison went to bed feeling very sorry and she thinks of the tree always.
"IRISH-BABY" (9)
Lower Hutt.
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Evening Post, Issue 28, 1 August 1936, Page 20
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228THE TREE'S FATE Evening Post, Issue 28, 1 August 1936, Page 20
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