The Stories

Story #2

Heart touching story ! Must read & share
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A long time ago, there was a huge
apple tree. A little boy loved to come
and play around it every day.
.
He
climbed to the treetop,
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.
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One day, the boy came back to the
tree and he looked sad.
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"Come and play with me", the tree
asked the boy.
Boy: "I am no longer a kid, I do not
play around trees anymore" the boy
replied. "I want toys. I need money
to buy them."
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Tree: "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. .
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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.
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One day, the boy who now turned
into a man returned and the tree
was excited.
"Come and play with me" the tree
said.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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Tree : "No more trunk for you to
climb on."
"I am too old for that now" the tree
said.
"I really cannot give you anything,
the only thing left is my dying
roots,"
.
the man 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.
.
This is a story of everyone. The tree
is like our parents. When we were
young, we loved to play with our
Mum and Dad.
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When we grow up, we leave them;
only come to them when we need
something or when we are in
trouble.
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~ Moral ~
Treat your parents with loving
care...
Credit: not me