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treehouse

British  
/ ˈtriːˌhaʊs /

noun

  1. a shelter built in a tree, usually as a play area for children

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We used to read in our treehouse or kick around a soccer ball if Avery got her way.

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My eyes catch on the treehouse in the back, right between Dr. P’s yard and ours, where Jonah and I used to spend so many summer mornings.

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Their dad—my grandfather, who I don’t really know—had built a treehouse in their yard when they were kids.

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Dad and Aunt Jen aren’t close to their parents at all, but the treehouse was a happy memory, I guess, and they wanted us to have one, too.

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It feels unbearably sad to me all of a sudden—that Dad spent so much time building a treehouse in a yard that isn’t his anymore.

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