Copyright (c) 1972 by Ray Bradbury
It stood in the middle
of a vast yard behind the terribly strange house. And this tree rose
up some one hundred feet in the air, taller than the high roofs and round
and well branched, and covered all over with rich assortments of red and
brown and yellow autumn leaves.
"But." whispered Tom. "oh, look. What's up in
that tree!"
For the tree was hung with a variety of pumpkins
of every shape and size and a number of tints and hues of smokey yellow
or bright orange.
"A pumpkin tree," someone said.
"No," said Tom.
The wind blew among the high branches and tossed
their bright burdens, softly.
"A Halloween Tree," said Tom.
And he was right.
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"There is only one way to
console a widow. But remember the risk."
from: " The Notebooks of Lazarus
Long" by Robert Heinlein
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