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I told you that
Dutch Elm disease

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ripped through our city.

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And it took with it very
rapidly all the great Elm trees.

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But one very large Elm tree
that was in front of our house,

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and which we thought
was going to survive.

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And then, it was
hit by lightning.

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[LAUGHTER]

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And it was split.

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And we had it bolted together.

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But its spirit was broken, and
it lasted but one season more.

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This is called, An Elm We Lost.

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On it we wrote a little
essay, about who loved who.

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Shade moves in the
grass, never still.

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And they still do.

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