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For Edwin and Mary Text copyright © 1991 by Sarah Stewart Pictures copyright © 1991 by David Small Distributed in ebook format by All rights reserved Library of Congress catalog card number: 89-46141 Distributed in Canada by Douglas McIntyre Ltd. Printed and bound in the United States of America by Berryville Graphics Designed by Martha Rago First edition, 1991 Second printing, 1998 ISBN: 0-374-35014-0 Ebook conversion by wT n January, when Miss McGillicuddy was making a quilt in front of the fire, she noticed an unusual shape outside her living-room window. In February, as Miss McGillicuddy was looking up from her book, she realized that the new shape was a small tree. “A gift from the birds,” she said to herself. In March, while Miss McGillicuddy was flying her favorite kite, its tail got caught in a limb of the new tree. “What a strange shape,” she thought as she tugged. In April, when Miss McGillicuddy was planting snow peas, she paused and stared at the tree, now covered in the fresh green colors of spring. “How odd,” she mused, “that it has grown so very large in such a short time.” In May, as Miss McGillicuddy was making a Maypole for the neighborhood children, she realized, to her great surprise, that the leaves on the tree were not leaf-shaped at all! Being careful not to hurt the tender branches, she gave each child some of the tree’s crisp green foliage as a party favor. In June, while Miss McGillicuddy was gathering a bouquet of roses, parents of the neighborhood children appeared in the yard. When they said they had come to see the strange tree, she invit