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[[Two people hang out in front of a tree]]
Person 1: Whoa. What's this?
Person 2: What's what?
Person 1: This tree has a USB port.
Person 2: Try connecting to it, I guess
[[Person 1 brings out a laptop and connects to it]]
Person 1: It's offering up a drive with one file on it.
Person 2: What's the file?
Person 1: An eBook. "Shel_Silverstein_-_The_Giving_Tree.azw"
Person 2: Never heard of it. Let's take a look!
Laptop: DRM Error: You have not purchased rights to view this title. Lending is not enabled.
Person 2: Huh. Oh well.
Person 1: Let's go see what Mike is up to.
[[The tree is alone]]
{{Title text: In the new edition of The Giving Tree, the tree uses social tools to share with its friend all the best places to buy things.}}
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