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misleading, but I didn’t directly say it
was mine.
Inevitably, my colleague would
come to work the next day and laugh,
“Those little devils hit me again!” I
would just laugh along with him,
especially since I was not the one who
had to clean the mess out of my trees.
He was surprised at the increase in his
popularity in those years, and I was
more than happy to let him revel in the
joy of his students’ love for him.
However, he grew older and
eventually left us. At first I was at a
loss as to what to do. But it wasn’t
long until a new faculty member joined
our department. I nonchalantly asked
him where he lived, and then
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