Luci Paper on Nostr: there is a special magic looking tree that inspired the story. it looks alive. more ...

there is a special magic looking tree that inspired the story. it looks alive. more alive than most trees; in the story, this is the tree used to execute/hang pinnochio for the crime of murdering a sentient cricket and also larceny, fraud, etc. he didn’t have a happy ending or become a real boy

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