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A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come
and lay around it every day. He climbed up the tree, ate the apples, took a nap
in the shadow. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. As 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
don't play around trees anymore.'' The boy replied, "I want toys. I need
money to buy them.'' "Sorry, but I don't have money, but you can pick all
my apples and sell them. So, you will have money. The boy was very 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 returned and the tree was so excited. "Come and
play with me, the tree said. I don't have time to play. I have to work for my
family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?" "Sorry, but I
don't have a house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house."
So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily. The tree
was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then. The tree was
again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted. "Come
and play with me!" the tree said. "I am sad and getting old. I want
to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?" "Use my trunk
to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy." So the boy cut
the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long
time. Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. "Sorry, my
boy, but I don't have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you, the tree
said. "I don't have teeth to bite" the boy replied. "No more
trunk for you to climb on …," "I am too old for that now." the
boy said. "I really can give you anything ... the only thing left is my
dying root, the tree said with tears.
"I don't need much now, just
a place to rest. I am tired after all these years." The boy replied. "Good!
Old tree root is the best place to lean on and rest. Come, come to sit down.
