There’s a chill in the air. Brightly co


for later. Instead


colored leaves blanket the ground. A squirrel d


ad, this acorn is destined for greatness.


uiirrel drops an acorn in the soil, burying it T is acorn will be forgotten by the squirrel. An oak tree sprouts from that tiny seed. Years unk is 8.5 meters around. Its twisted branches It is known as the Angel Oak, and it has


diigs. It’s time to store food for the winter. T e squ


and years pass. It grows and grows. Today, the trun reac


ach upward 20 meters.


grown in South Carolina, in the United States, for more than 500 years. T is tree was a sapling when


en early Native Americans inhabited the land. It off ered shade when Europeans fi rst came to America. It stood against the turmoil of both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Today, it is still alive and well.


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