A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree.
A little boy loved to come and lay around it every day. 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 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 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
my 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
off 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. "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. The tree was
happy, but it was not true.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...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 grown up, we left them, and 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 that the boy is cruel to
the tree but that's how all of us are treating our parents.