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rosemarydiely · 5 months

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DIE 220

#rosemary #kanaya maryam #rose lalonde #homestuck #rosemary homestuck #the giving tree #homestuck beyond canon

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andrewisdoing · 8 months

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#things #not mine #shel silverstein #vinyl #records #the giving tree

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brothermoth · 2 months

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Rip Arthur Morgan you would have sobbed reading Jack the classic children's book "The Giving Tree" because all you could do was see yourself in the tree, realizing that you've given your whole life and being to the people you love and have received very little in return.

#red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 #The giving tree #arthur morgan #I just found my copy of that damn book while cleaning and lordy I forgot how sad it is

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the-summer-sun-au · 5 months

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The Giving Tree Poem

by Shel Silverstein

Once there was a tree....

and she loved a little boy.

And everyday the boy would come

and he would gather her leaves

and make them into crowns

and play king of the forest.

He would climb up her trunk

and swing from her branches

and eat apples.

And they would play hide-and-go-seek.

And when he was tired,

he would sleep in her shade.

And the boy loved the tree....

very much.

And the tree was happy.

But time went by.

And the boy grew older.

And the tree was often alone.

Then one day the boy came to the tree

and the tree said, 'Come, Boy, come and

climb up my trunk and swing from my

branches and eat apples and play in my

shade and be happy.'

'I am too big to climb and play' said

the boy.

'I want to buy things and have fun.

I want some money?'

'I'm sorry,' said the tree, 'but I

have no money.

I have only leaves and apples.

Take my apples, Boy, and sell them in

the city. Then you will have money and

you will be happy.'

And so the boy climbed up the

tree and gathered her apples

and carried them away.

And the tree was happy.

But the boy stayed away for a long time....

and the tree was sad.

And then one day the boy came back

and the tree shook with joy

and she said, 'Come, Boy, climb up my trunk

and swing from my branches and be happy.'

'I am too busy to climb trees,' said the boy.

'I want a house to keep me warm,' he said.

'I want a wife and I want children,

and so I need a house.

Can you give me a house ?'

' I have no house,' said the tree.

'The forest is my house,

but you may cut off

my branches and build a

house. Then you will be happy.'

And so the boy cut off her branches

and carried them away

to build his house.

And the tree was happy.

But the boy stayed away for a long time.

And when he came back,

the tree was so happy

she could hardly speak.

'Come, Boy,' she whispered,

'come and play.'

'I am too old and sad to play,'

said the boy.

'I want a boat that will

take me far away from here.

Can you give me a boat?'

'Cut down my trunk

and make a boat,' said the tree.

'Then you can sail away...

and be happy.'

And so the boy cut down her trunk

and made a boat and sailed away.

And the tree was happy

... but not really.

And after a long time

the boy came back again.

'I am sorry, Boy,'

said the tree,' but I have nothing

left to give you -

My apples are gone.'

'My teeth are too weak

for apples,' said the boy.

'My branches are gone,'

said the tree. ' You

cannot swing on them - '

'I am too old to swing

on branches,' said the boy.

'My trunk is gone, ' said the tree.

'You cannot climb - '

'I am too tired to climb' said the boy.

'I am sorry,' sighed the tree.

'I wish that I could give you something....

but I have nothing left.

I am just an old stump.

I am sorry....'

'I don't need very much now,' said the boy.

'just a quiet place to sit and rest.

I am very tired.'

'Well,' said the tree, straightening

herself up as much as she could,

'well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting

Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest.'

And the boy did.

And the tree was happy.

Shel Silverstein

#shel silverstein #The Giving Tree #Poem

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foxholecore · 8 days

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I just saw someone compare Jean to the giving tree. And actually. I’m going to go cry now.

#aftg #all for the game #the sunshine court #tsc #jean moreau #the giving tree

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messervixen · 11 days

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The giving tree is so James Potter coded what

Take absolutely everything that I have so that I can be helpful to you because if there’s nothing that I can do for you, then there’s no reason for you to want to be around me and I have no purpose in life.

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stephsageek · 6 months

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And after a long time

the boy came back again.

"I am sorry, Boy,"

said the tree," but I have nothing

left to give you -

"I don't need very much now," said the boy.

"just a quiet place to sit and rest.

I am very tired."

"Well," said the tree, straightening

herself up as much as she could,

"well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting

Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest."

And the boy did.

And the tree was happy.

#wow I really woke up and chose to be a sad gay #loki tv #loki spoilers #loki series #lokius #loki #shel silverstein #the giving tree #tom hiddleston #owen wilson #cries

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vital-information · 3 months

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#the giving tree

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shatterdome-underscore · 8 months

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Trigun Stampede where everything is the same except Rem gives the twins The Giving Tree instead of the bible

#trigun stampede #rem saverem #vash #vash the stampede #knives millions #millions knives #nai tristamp #the giving tree #literally nothing would change with how they react to the world around them #the giving tree would absolutely end up being vashs favorite book #uh oh i made myself sad thinking about it too hard

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tiredsoundsofagnes · 10 months

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MY NEW BAND IS PLAYING WITH JEROMES DREAM IN LIKE TEN DAYS. HERE IS A POSTER I MADE FOR THE SHOW. I AM VERY NERVOUS.

#tiredsoundsofagnes #oc #skramz #screamo #if winter ends #jeromes dream #emoviolence #the giving tree

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jessequinones · 5 months

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Writing Lesson: Remembering the Past

I moved from the United States of America to Australia and since then I’ve tried to rewatch some cartoons from my childhood, mainly ones from either Cartoon Network or Boomerang and I can't find them. They're not on any streaming services and I can’t buy physical copies because they’re extremely expensive. Sure Tubi might have some old cartoons such as Popeye or the original Superman, but I didn’t grow up with them. I wanted to rewatch cartoons from the 60s-early 2000s, shows such as The Jetsons, Flintstones, Yogi Bear, the original Animaniacs, Dexters Laboratory, you get the picture.

So why am I bringing all of this up when it comes to writing? Well it got me thinking that yes, while these shows were racist, and aged like milk being left out in the sun, I would argue that it’s still important to rewatch them. Not just for nostalgia shake but as a writer it’s a good idea to remember the past so we don’t repeat it.

I know, “if you don’t remember the past you’ll be doomed to repeat it” but the thing about that saying is, it’s not actually wrong, but I think it get’s overused so no one understands why we say it.

Stories change and evolve over time. The stories we read and were told as kids, might not be the same ones we tell our children because it doesn’t work for them and that’s ok. Stories are supposed to evolve over the years because they show that we as humans are evolving as well. However, if we start to no longer show the past what lessons can we learn to improve?

You see history is a funny thing, if we know our history and the lessons it brings we can do stuff to avoid making the same mistakes as the previous generations. However, if the previous generation's mistakes are lost in time, how can we avoid them if we don’t know what those mistakes are to begin with?

That’s what the saying means. Remember the mistakes our parents, grandparents, great grandparents and so on so we don’t make those same mistakes. This is one of the reasons why every couple of generations society seems to go backwards since the mistakes of the past are being forgotten or ignored and we do them again.

Now I’m not one of those people who think we should stay in the past, life was better back in the old days because let’s be honest, it wasn’t. We were just kids and didn’t understand how the world works. I think we should be able to tell new stories while also not wiping the old ones from existence just because the old ones no longer make money. Of course, they aren’t going to make money the people who like old things are old and there'll always be fewer old people compared to younger ones.

All I'm saying is that if we could keep the old stuff available for as long as possible, we should try and do so. Is the past embarrassing and racist? Yes, but so are we. As a society, many stories are being told that I already know aren’t going to age well in the next couple of decades but we shouldn’t forget about them. Keep learning, keep improving, keep being better.

If you want to reread some old books as a bit of a history project I got some for you. "The Giving Tree", "Gone with the Wind", "Lolita" (my god is that a bad story, why was that ever popular?) "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "Stranger in a Strange Land". I could go on but those are some classic stories that it would be best not to forget about them. It’s important to understand why they were popular and what newer lessons we can get from them.

I also understand history for most people is kind of a boring subject, and while I don’t have advice on how to make learning fun. Perhaps if you’re a writer, and don’t want to read some old books in the genre you writing in, there might be a Youtube video you could put on or something? I’m not asking anyone to do a ten-page history report, just to try and remember some of the mistakes that were being taught in the old days so we could create new and more progressive ones instead of just repeating the same mistakes and never moving forward.

#writing #writeblr #book #books #history #writers of tumblr #authors of tumblr #bookblr #the giving tree #Stranger in a strange land #gone with the wind #The adventures of Huckleberry Finn #mark twain #writing lessons #the jetsons #the flintstones #dexters laboratory #yogi bear #animaniacs

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thefuzzhead · 8 months

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Judge at the Shel Silverstein themed drag show:

Hunty, this look is devestating. You are shedding apples like you're Steve Jobs, you're losing branches like a panicked regional manager, and that trunk, that TRUNK. Girl, you are giving tree, you are giving absolute tree.

#drag #ru paul's drag race #shel silverstein #the giving tree

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sidewalkchemistry · 2 years

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@/homegrown_handgathered on Instagram

#v #eco conscious #foraging #ethical forgaging #gardening #holistic healing #holistic health #herbalism #reciprocity #right relationship #solarpunk #the giving tree #regenerative living #slow living #soft living #abundance #mindfulness #sustainability #permaculture

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sincericida · 2 months

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ANDREW GARFIELD

staring "I'm Here", a 2010 American short film, written and directed by Spike Jonze.The film is a science fiction love story about two robots living in Los Angeles where humans and robots co-exist. The plot is based on the 1964 book "The Giving Tree", and the main character is named after its author Shel Silverstein. (source)