
One day when Milly was playing in the garden, she spotted something strange. She ran towards it and saw it was a root sticking out of the ground that was almost as tall as her. It looked very old, like it had been there a long time.
Milly started to pull at it and soon it was out of the ground. She was so excited! She couldn't figure out why no one had noticed it before. 
But then suddenly there was a loud creaking noise. Milly looked up to see a dead tree standing in front of her. She was scared and started to sob.
Suddenly, a voice came from behind her. "What have you done," it said.
Milly turned around to see her mother's angry face. "I'm sorry, Mama," she said, "I didn't know the root was connected to the tree." 
But it was too late. The tree had been weakened by the root being pulled out and now it was standing but ready to collapse at any moment.
Milly and her mother ran away quickly, but moments later the tree fell to the ground with a loud crashing sound. It had been dead for a long time and was now gone forever. 
