Trees were so rare in that country, and they had to make such a hard fight to grow, that we used to feel anxious about them, and visit them as if they were persons.

Willa Cather
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In the country of the Humbug, trees were so rare that they actually had to fight for their lives just to survive. Little by little, they struggled with a very bitter fate, but they never gave up. They never gave up working for people that didn’t have a chance of seeing them or loving them.

Source: My ANtonia

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