The tree house lesson

Wendy L. Manker

Matt and Jody lived in a house perched on the side of a hill beside a giant pepper tree with lots of long, thick branches. The boys had fun pretending a large tree house was built among the branches of the tree. Each branch was a different "room" with a special view of the world below.

To get to the tree house they climbed up boards that were nailed to the trunk of the tree. But to come down they could swing on a long rope tied to a large limb up in the tree. The rope would swing way out over the hill, above a high wall, and then back to the tree again. The pepper tree became a place for all the boys on the street to gather and play.

One Saturday the boys decided to make the tree house into a fort. Matt wanted to make a quick trip to the ground for supplies before the action started. As he grabbed the rope and swooped down from the tree, his hands slipped and he found himself tumbling down the hill, over the top of the wall, landing on his head.

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