The emissary

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“On tree day maybe the cherry tree in the schoolyard will fall on top of me and crush me. Almost all the trees are sick these days, even if they look healthy their trunks are hollow, so all it takes to make them fall over is a sigh from someone standing near. That's why all those signs say "Do not sigh near this tree."' I can see it now - a whole row of cherry trees falling like dominoes, starting with the one farthest away. I run away. I'm so fast not even one branch hits me.”