A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy
loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the tree top, ate the
apples, and 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!” 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. 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 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 tєαяs.
This is a story of everyone. The tree is like our parents.
When we were young, we loved to play with our Mom 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. We take them for granted; we don’t appreciate all
they do for us, until it’s too late.
~ Moral:
Treat your parents with loving care…. For you will know
their value, when you see their empty chair…We never know the love of our parents
for us; till we have become parents .
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