"
"Oh!"
"And George came up and heard them talking about it--"
"Heard who taking about it?"
"Heard his father and the men"
"What were they talking about?"
"About this apple-tree."
"What apple-tree?"
"The favourite tree that George cut down."
"George who?"
"George Washington"
"Oh!"
"So George came up and heard them talking about it, and he--"
"What did he cut it down for?"
"Just to try his little hatchet."
"Whose little hatchet?"
"Why, his own, the one his father gave him."
"Gave who?"
"Why, George Washington."
"Oh!"
"So, George came up, and he said, 'Father, I cannot tell a lie, I--'"
"Who couldn't tell a lie?"
"Why, George Washington. He said, 'Father, I cannot tell a lie. It was--'"
"His father couldn't?"
"Why, no; George couldn't?"
"Oh! George? oh, yes!"
"'It was I cut down your apple tree; I did--'"
"His father did?"
"No, no; it was George said this."
"Said he cut his father?"
"No, no, no; said he cut down his apple-tree."
"George's apple-tree?"
"No, no; his father's.
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