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Did george Washington cut a tree down when he was little

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He actually didn't. It's just a story to help teach a lesson,
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Its thought that he cut down a cherry tree when he was 6 and now it is told to kids as a sort of moral to teach them to be honest as George was when he owned up to cutting the cherry tree.
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