This Old Tree

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I live in my bedroom. I have three Cottonwood trees outside that obliterate my view to Taco Bell and the main drag out here in the late spring and summer months with lovely green leaves. Kids from the neighborhood always seem to find their way to the one dominant tree. I used to yell at them and tell them to get out of the tree. But, one day I realized I was just hot air. To be honest, when I was young I loved to climb trees and I came by it honestly. My mother was a tomboy before me, even breaking an arm more than once climbing in trees. What I don't like about the kids getting in the tree is that there is always one or even two that are just mean as the devil and want to try to destroy anything and everything that they come into contact with. They think it's fun to jump up and down on the slighter branches and see if they can bend them down and break them away. Grr! Some people's kids I tell ya, I just don't understand.......