8. THE TRUTH

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( a conversation between the boy and the yew tree. )

THE TALE IS NOT YET TOLD.
YOU LET HER GO.
No.
YOU LET HER GO.
No. she fell.
she was so heavy.
SO YOU LET HER GO.
No
SPEAK THE TRUTH.
I can't.
YOU MUST.
It will kill me if I do.
IT WILL KILL YOU IF YOU DON'T.
No!
TELL ME WHY. BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. TELL ME. WHY?
I can't stand it anymore. Knowing that she'll go! I want it too be over!
AND THAT IS THE TRUTH OF CONOR O' MALLEY.
I let her go, now she's going to die and it's all my fault.
AND THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH AT ALL.

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