Having women about has set me trying to clean out those fellows a bit, and yesterday I noticed that tree in passing.

It struck me that it would be a good idea to be taking it out.

First I thought I'd take me hatchet and cut it down, for it ain't thicker than me upper arm.
Then I remembered how it was blooming in the spring and filling all the air with sweetness.

The coloring of the blossoms is beautiful, and I hated to be killing it.

I just cut the grass short all around it.