Giving tree

June 22, 2008 at 10:53 am (Family, Inspirational, Life, Love, Personal) (, , , , , )

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, 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 everyday. 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 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 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 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 of 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. The boy 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’t give you anything. The only thing left is my dying roots.” 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 roots is the best place to lean on and rest. Come, come sit down with me and rest.”

The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears.

Lessons to Learn From Heart Touching Story:

This is a story of everyone. The tree is our parent. When we were young, we loved to play with Mom and Dad. When we grew up, we left them, only came 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 to make you happy. You may think the boy is cruel to the tree but that’s how all of us are treating our parents. So Respect Parents and help them when they really need you, Love them, Take care of them.

5 Comments

  1. metal_monkee said,

    hi equilibrium…

    very heart warming story indeed…i like it ^_^ thanks for sharing this…

    yup i agree…

    the tree symbolizes our parents…from our birth they gave us life, food, clothing, shelter, education, love and many more…they are the ones that we turn to in times of need and trouble, without fear of being rejected and they are the ones giving us their unconditional love… like the “giving tree”

    the little boy symbolized the stages of our life: youth, young adult, middle age, old age. in these different stages the needs and wants of the boy changes and he turn into the giving tree for help, when he gets what he wanted from the tree, he just left and disappears for a very long time…a sad reality indeed of how “selfish” we are as son or daughter to our parents…

    anyways…the ending of the story is great. the tree gave his last service to the boy as a place to rest, and the boy didn’t left the tree again…^_^ WONDERFUL!

    SMILE ALWAYS…^_^

  2. sweetlovingvalerie said,

    Wow! Nice story…It is true… It happens to us all the time. Parents are always the one to be patient and sacrifice to gain the love from the children so children will help them… =) hehe…

  3. donG hO said,

    nice one. i also agree on this. we don’t know how much our parents sacrificed for us. only God can tell.

    they deserve our love.

  4. Kenny Mah // Life for Beginners said,

    The original story is by Shel Silverstein, “The Giving Tree.” If you like this, you should check out the book with his illustrations. One of the classics. :)

  5. equilibrium2008 said,

    Hmm lemme try to look for it at the bookstore. :) But if not, do you have an e-book of this ;)

Post a Comment