ABoyandHisTree男孩和树(图)Alongtimeago,therewasahugeappletree。Alittleboylovedtocomeandplayarounditeveryday。
Heclimbedtothetreetop,atetheapples,tookanapundertheshadow…Helovedthetreeandthetreelovedtoplaywithhim。
Timewentby…Thelittleboyhadgrownupandhenolongerplayedaroundthetree。Oneday,theboycamebacktothetreeandlookedsad。
“Comeandplaywithme,”thetreeaskedtheboy。 “Iamnolongerakid,Idon’t’playaroundtreesanymore。
”Theboyreplied,“Iwanttoys。Ineedmoneytobuythem。”“Sorry,butIdon’thavemoney…butyoucanpickallmyapplesandsellthem。
So,youwillhavemoney。”Theboywassoexcited。Hepickedalltheapplesonthetreeandlefthappily。
Theboydidn’tcomebackafterhepickedtheapples。Thetreewassad。 Oneday,theboyreturnedandthetreewassoexcited。
“Comeandplaywithme。”Thetreesaid。“Idon’thavetimetoplay。Ihavetoworkformyfamily。Weneedahouseforshelter。
Canyouhelpme?”“Sorry,butIdon’t’haveahouse。Butyoucancutoffmybranchestobuildyourhouse。
”Sotheboycutallthebranchesofthetreeandlefthappily。 Thetreewasgladtoseehimhappybuttheboydidn’tappearsincethen。
Thetreewasagainlonelyandsad。Onehotsummerday,theboyreturnedandthetreewasdelighted。 “Comeandplaywithme!”thetreesaid。
“Iamsadandgettingold。Iwanttogosailingtorelaxmyself。Canyougivemeaboat?”“Usemytrunktobuildtheboat。
Youcansailandbehappy。 ”Sotheboycutthetreetrunktomakeaboat。Hewentsailinganddidnotshowupforalongtime。
Finally,theboyreturnedafterheleftforsomanyyears。“Sorry,myboy。 ButIdon’t’haveanythingforyouanymore。
Nomoreapplesforyou。”thetreesaid。“Idon’thaveteethtobite。”Theboyreplied。“Nomoretrunkforyoutoclimbon。
”“Iamtoooldforthatnow。”theboysaid。“Ireallywanttogiveyousomething…theonlythingleftismydyingroots。
”Thetreesaidwithtears。“Idon’t’needmuchnow,justaplacetorest。 Iamtiredafteralltheseyears。
”Theboyreplied。“Good!Oldtreerootsarethebestplacetoleanonandrest。Comehere,pleasesitdownwithmeandhavearest。
”Theboysatdownandthetreewasgladandsmiledwithtears…Thisisastoryofeveryone。Thetreeisourparent。
Whenwewereyoung,welovedtoplaywithMomandDad…Whenwegrowup,weleavethem,andonlycometothemwhenweneedsomethingorwhenweareintrouble。
Nomatterwhat,parentswillalwaysbethereandgiveeverythingtheycouldtomakeyouhappy。
Youmaythinkthattheboyiscrueltothetreebutthat''showallofusaretreatingourparents。