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"I never did understand why the tree was still happy at the end. The little boy used her until she was nothing but a stump. She couldn't even run away. But the ending was always the same: "And the tree was happy." — Naomi Shihab Nye (Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets under 25)
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"I never did understand
why the tree was still happy
at the end. The little boy
used her until she was
nothing but a stump.
She couldn't even run away.
But the ending was always the same:
"And the tree was happy."
— Naomi Shihab Nye (Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets under 25)