****A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. ****
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****A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. ****
He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow…
****He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. ****
****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 do not play around trees any more” ****
The boy replied.
****“I want toys. I need money to buy them.” ****
"Sorry, but I do not have money…
****But you can pick all my apples and sell them. ****
So, you will have money.
****” The boy was so excited. ****
****He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. ****
****The boy never came back after he picked the apples. ****
The tree was sad.
****One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned ****
And the tree was excited “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. But 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. ****
The tree was again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day,
The man returned and the tree was delighted.
********Come and play with me!" ********
****“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. ****
You can sail far away and be happy.
" So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat.
He 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 for you…
" The tree said”.
"No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite
" The man replied.
**** “No more trunk for you to climb on”
****“I am too old for that now” the man said.
****"I really cannot give you anything…
****The only thing left is my dying root,” ****
****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, come sit down with me and rest.
" The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears…
This is you and the tree is your parent
