The Tree Who Wanted to Walk

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Once upon a time there was a tree who wanted to walk.

He was tortured daily by the animals that walked by him happily singing their songs.

He slipped slowly into deep depression and although his nearby friends tried their absolute hardest to cheer him up, nothing worked.

One day, a group of humans came into his forest. They went round putting crosses on certain trees. One of them walked up to him and painted on him. He looked down at it and wondered what it was for.

About a week later, another group of humans came in with huge axes.

A man came up to him and swung his mighty axe.

It came crashing down onto his rough, crusty exterior and cut deep into his heart sending waves of crippling pain rippling through him.

Again and again the man mercilessly swung the axe until the once great tree was on his side in the dirt.

He was sent off to the carpenter and the carpenter made thousands of wind up soldiers that could walk.

So after all that depression and pain finally he achieved his dream; he could walk!

But all joy quickly turned to despair as the soldiers were given to spoilt children who cruelly pulled them apart.

"Maybe this wasn't such a good idea," he thought to himself.

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