I ask you, is it the fig tree's fault that it's not the season for fig…

Yann Martel
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I ask you, is it the fig tree's fault that it's not the season for figs? What kind of thing is that to do to an innocent tree, wither it instantly? ✨ Yann Martel (2012). Life Of Pi, Illustrated, p.90, Canongate Books
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I ask you, is it the fig tree's fault that it's not the season for figs? What kind of thing is that to do to an innocent tree, wither it instantly? ✨ Yann Martel (2012). Life Of Pi, Illustrated, p.90, Canongate Books

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