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// Chapter 23 
// Story: The Only Tree in the Forest 
// by Hap 
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Somepony noticed that I am a house for books. None of them had come close enough to notice the sign before. Too busy with their farms and their mail, I suppose. He ran off, and an hour later here I am, surrounded by curious ponies.

One opens my door. It is unlocked; it never had a lock. The ponies file inside, and I feel their hooves exploring. They look at the books, they lift them from my shelves, they put them back, and they leave.

They go back to their farms and their general stores and their post office.