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part of the game. Don Corleone bent forward, coughing more and more, 
and then he felt it: an explosion of fire inside his chest. With a cry of 
pain, he fell back among his tomato plants, dead. 
All his life, people had tried to kill him They had failed In the end, Don 
Vito Corleone died a natural death, playing with his grandson in his 
garden on a peaceful Sunday morning. 

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Chapter 13 Traitor 
At the funeral, Michael sat with his family as people walked past, one 
by one, throwing flowers on to his father's grave Michael studied their 
faces carefully Clemenza, Tessio, Enzo the butcher, Johnny Fontane, all 
the people that his father had helped in his long and dangerous life 
Some of his enemies were at the funeral too Barzini threw a red rose on 
to the grave, and lowered his eyes respectfully in Michael's direction 
Michael stared at him coldly as he turned and walked away 
A few minutes later, Tessio walked up to Michael and whispered 
something in his ear Michael stood up and walked away from the grave 
to hear what Tessio wanted to say 
'Barzini wants to arrange a meeting, 'Tessio said 'He says we can solve 
all our problems' 
'Did you talk to him?' 
'Yes I can arrange everything Trust me' 
Michael looked at Tessio He had known him all his life He had always 
been like an uncle to him But Michael remembered his father's words 
— 'Whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting, he's the traitor' - 
and he felt a great sadness in his heart 
'All right,' Michael said quietly, and he returned to his seat by his 
father's grave He told Tom, who was sitting next to him, about his 
conversation with Tessio 
Tom shook his head sadly 'I always thought it would be Clemenza,' he 
said 
'No,' said Michael 'This is a clever move, and Tessio's cleverer than 
Clemenza But I'm going to wait I've decided to be godfather to Connie's 
baby, and then I'm going to meet Barzini, Tattaglia and all the heads of 
the five families' 
He watched Tessio who was standing some distance away, shaking 
hands and talking with Barzini He hadn't told Tom the whole truth Tom 
was not a Consigliori any more, so he didn't 

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know everything in the way that he used to. The truth was that Michael 
had already decided to kill all his enemies. They were going to die on 
the day he stood as godfather to Connie's child.