Sunday, February 14, 2010
The Boy & the Apple Tree:
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
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.
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,
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...
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.
