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。