Write a story with the ending But for the police, I would have been lynched

honestly, is this even a but since you asked, he's probably at the store trying to get you food.

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  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.