Ouch! Stop throwing them twigs at me. I still love you, temper and all. Been with me all these years, through the ups and down. Ouch! Keep throwing those twigs and I’m gone back in. Leave you out here all alone, you and the wind. Y’all can talk all y’all like. That wind can’t replace me. I’m smiling now, embraced by your shadow. I know you love me. You don’t want me to go? Better settle down than. Ahh wind you’re chilling me. Cool it now. That’s better. Ain’t that a nice pond over there? My favorite place ‘sides resting under you, ole Oak. Think I’ll nap now, under my shell.
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