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And I just can't imagine how you could be so okay now that I'm gone
(that part just gets me)
I think it’s the theme that money is the root of all
evil. The three men were so thrilled at
seeing all that money that they forgot about death and plotted how to keep it
for themselves. In the end, they all killed each other over the money
fulfilling what the old man said about finding death under a tree.
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