I Suddenly Remembered the Cancer Tree

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When my family was young, we bought a house. The front yard was divided by a sidewalk that led up to the steps. On one side, a tree grew. It was an ugly tree. It had bumps and lumps all over it. As it grew, the lumps kept getting bigger. The tree became twisted and more unattractive. We called it the cancer tree. My husband cut it down. We planted grass seeds and rocked off a section for flowers. The grass did not grow. The flowers came up and quickly withered away. We could never get anything to grow in that section again. What do you think? Did you ever hear of something like that? What could have caused this and what should we have done differently? It is one of those things in life that I cannot forget. I also do not understand. Why does its memory still haunt me?