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But wait...Like all people who push self-sacrifice, they cheat and stop before the true logical conclusion. The tree actually can still give more…So here is the story with a properly consistent ending: The stump still had more to give. The boy got cold, but had a wood burning stove. So he ground the stump into pellets … And the wood pellets were happy. And when winter came, the boy burned the pellets. Finally, the tree had nothing more to give, so its days of happiness were over. As to all things that consistently live a destructive philosophy of self-sacrifice, The Tree no longer existed. … REALLY THE END

⁠— Armon Eaton