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Read paragraph 23.
(23) 'Of course some one might cut them down. The boy lowered his volce; it seemed shameful to mention the perpetration
of such a deed aloud. 'It would be terrible to hear them groan when the axe struck them. The young ones mightn't mind so
much; but it would be bad for the grandfather trees who've been here from the beginning. Hannah says one would still hear
them walling on stormy nights."
How does this paragraph add tension to the passage?
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