The Boy and The Apple Tree. Once upon a time, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, and took a nap under the shadow. Time went by, the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. “Come and play with me”, the tree asked the boy. “I am no longer a kid. I want toys. I need money to buy them” the boy replied “Sorry, but I do not have money, but you can pick all my apples and sell them for money”. The boy grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he had picked the apples. One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned. “Come and play with me” the tree said. “I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?” “Sorry, but I do not have any house. However, you can chop off my branches to build your house.” So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then. One hot summer day, the man returned and the tree was delighted. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. “I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” said the man. “Use my trunk to build your boat”. So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat, went sailing and never showed up for a long time. Finally, the man returned after many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore. No more apples, no more trunk, the only thing left is my dying roots,” the tree said with tears. “I do not need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years,” the man replied. “Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest, come sit down with me and rest.” The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears. The tree is like our parents. When we were young, we loved to play with our Mum and Dad... When we grow up, we leave them…only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble. No matter what, parents will always be there and give everything they could just to make you happy. You may think the boy is cruel to the tree, but that is how all of us treat our parents.
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:34:12 +0000
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