“What is that?” Franklin asked his son when he saw that the small tree in their backyard was covered with shoes draped over its bare branches.

“I made a present for you, Pop,” the boy said. “I heard you tell Mom the other day that you needed a new shoe tree. Well, there it is!”

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Written for Kat Myrman’s Twittering Tales prompt. Top photo credit: PDPhotos @ Pixabay.com.