the tree was happy
The whole point of this post is to make people cry. (I’m pretty sure Casey will do so first.)
The Giving Tree (1973), animated short based on Shel Silverstein’s 1964 children’s story and narrated by the author:
This was the first book I ever read, at age 4 or so, thus giving me an unassailable excuse for whatever depression/martyrdom complex might afflict me today.
Also: The Giving Tree: A Symposium,a collection of thoughts on the story by a cross-section of American religion scholars.
March 21st, 2009 at 4:35 pm
i am NOT watching that. i have no need to cry (except for the fact that Robert Pattinson is most likely gay and, even if he wasnt, certainly out of my league)