Q: When you cut the tree down the roots will live on and continue to move?

A: Yes. Yes, of course.

Even though we chopped down the tree and chopped it apart, the tree remains very much alive.

I would never kill that tree, not after everything it gave you. I know how much that tree means to you.

When you were younger, it gave you branches on which to swing, and shade in which to sit and apples to eat. When you got older, it even gave you branches to build a small house. Remember when you had that small house? Why did you even need that thing?

Oh, I remember. I made you sleep outside that summer. In my defense, you were crying a lot and I had a stressful time at my job. I was able to sleep better with you you out of the house. Whatever happened to that tree?

I remember. I burned it down. In my defense, you were spending far too much time in there, and my new wife, your second Mommy, Mommy 2,  was getting really creeped out. She wouldn't do certain things, things  that a man needs, until you came back in the house. Burning down that little, creepy fort seemed the only way to go. I stand by that decision. You cried a lot that day. I probably shouldn't have made you watch me burn it down. I probably shouldn't have taunted you as much, too. You really were attached to that little house.

That tree has given you so much. Now it's given you the greatest gift of all: enough lumber for your father to make a boat where he can have sex with interns without Mommy 2 knowing.

You should give that tree a hug, son. Dig around in the dirt a bit. There must be something left down there.