lizzieforkerry
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Sat Aug-06-05 12:02 AM
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Has anyone ever cried reading "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein? |
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Edited on Sat Aug-06-05 12:04 AM by lizzieforkerry
I was reading it to my kids today and just started bawling. It made me very sad and I felt sorry for my kids for having to grow up under the Bu$h regime. I don't really know why the book made me think of that but it is a very good book.
Edited for bad spelling!
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Sat Aug-06-05 12:03 AM
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1. Um, pretty much every time. |
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I'm a softie. Even for trees.
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Sat Aug-06-05 12:05 AM
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2. The kid in the book is a prick |
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I wish the tree had fallen on him.
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lizzieforkerry
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Sat Aug-06-05 12:08 AM
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3. Yeah, I think I kind of associated him with Bu$h and America was the tree. |
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Edited on Sat Aug-06-05 12:08 AM by lizzieforkerry
I think that was why I was crying so hard. When he is done destroying us he will just sit and rest.
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Sat Aug-06-05 12:34 AM
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4. It is a big joke at our house |
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I can't read The giving Tree or The Littlest Angel without bawling.
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Sat Aug-06-05 12:39 AM
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6. My ten year old read it, and I asked him to explain.... |
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He says you give, and give, and give some more. And when you finally think you have nothing more to give, you give the one thing you've been giving all along - love.
Interesting, my son is a giver so he doesn't see any bad or evil in the story. :shrug:
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Sat Aug-06-05 12:35 AM
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5. my daughter loves that book |
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and yes, it makes me very sad when we read it:hug:
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