Tonight I read The Giving Tree to Claire at bedtime. It had been one of those days that needed to end with reading that particular book.
Betsy: Hey, you know, often times the author is trying to tell us something. What do you think we're supposed to learn or know after we read this book?
Claire: That we're supposed to take care of trees and be nice to them. Also don't swing on the branches or you might get hurt.
Betsy: Well..... yeah, maybe. When was tree was the happiest?
Claire: She was happy when the old man sat on her when she was a stump.
Betsy: Right. She was happy when she gave of herself because it made him happy. Like when she gave him her apples and branches, and...
Claire: No, she was definitely happiest when he was sitting there. She just really wanted him to be there with her.
Betsy: Definitely.
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