132 - Bedtime Story
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The Tree of Life
The tree's humanity was eroding, his botany flurishing. His sister smelled the tips of her fingers that had run along his leaves. She touched his bark, and she left. Over the years, she would return and plant flowers near the tree. The tree knew it might live centuries without being able to speak or move or bake or work in the field. H trees could be doctors, singers or judges either. This tree didn't know why those particular human careers came to mind. And this was a feeling that existed. When they left, it felt good, or sometimes bad.
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