The young hero knelt before the goddess and received a boon.
“From this day forth, you may fashion any object you require from the living trees around you. Use this ability to build bridges, make tools, or construct defenses. Go and save the world from the Great Evil.”
The goddess sent the hero on his way, and soon he defeated the rampaging army of monsters. But even as peace spread across the land, she began to hear desperate prayers from her worshipers again.
The world had somehow become overrun with giant wooden phalluses. The goddess sighed and recalled her boon.

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