Trees grow in height only through the growth from the tips of their branches. (If you carve your initials in a tree trunk and come back in 10 years, the carving will be at the same exact height above the ground.)
(from Pinterest) My attempt to spread reason: Trees do not grow taller from the ground up. If you carved your initials in a tree when you were 10 years old and come back when you're 75, those initials will still be at the same height you originally carved them. The tree would have grown in girth, but those initials would not have risen any higher than the day they were carved. And then there's the bike itself. This bike (or at least all the parts that are visible) are NOT 100 years old. I swear. So although this is a completely FABULOUS photograph and it is fantastic that this bike and tree inspired a wonderful story, that does not mean that the bike was chained there by a boy in 1914. Sorry to be a party pooper. :-)
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