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Elisabeth Reeves's avatar

This was an absolute pleasure to read. I have some other new friends who are also in love with trees and I was pleased to share this with them.

I was waiting though for you to mention the Terry Pratchett quotes about trees. The one I always remember is from Reaper Man where a bunch of trees are having a conversation and one vanishes.

"Since the trees were unable to sense any event that took place in less than a day, they never heard the sound of axes." *

*) Found by searching Google and cut/pasted from tumblr: https://noirandchocolate.tumblr.com/post/645901822278713344/theres-this-bit-from-reaper-man-of-some-counting

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Trudy's avatar

I love this, as I've been loving all these essays! Please tell me you've read the "Topher Fixed It" version of The Giving Tree? (I feel like you're online enough that there's no way you could have missed it). https://www.topherpayne.com/giving-tree

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