Letters by the Oak Tree
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Last published Fri, Nov 18, 2016
Maysilee Abigail Orris had always been told she would grow to be great. But all she knows is slave work. Slave work, and the big old oak tree by the fence. She has always been fascinated by that tree, but one day the tree leaves her a present that changes the way she thinks.
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