A long time ago, there was a big apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples and took a nap under the shadow. He loved the tree and the tree loved him, too.
As time went by, the little boy grew up and he no longer played around the tree. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. The boy told his tree friend, "I want toys. I need money to buy them.""Sorry,I don't have money, but you can pick all my apples and 1 them. So, you will have money." The boy was so excited and picked all the apples and left happily. The boy never came back after that. The tree was 2 .
One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned and the tree was excited. "I need a(n)3 for my family. Can you help me?""You can cut my branches to build it." 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 to see the tree since then. The tree was4 again.
One hot summer day, the man came and talked to the tree. "I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?" The tree answered, "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 again never came back for a long time.
5 , the man returned after many years. "Sorry, my boy. But I don't have anything for you anymore. The only thing left is my dying roots," the tree said with tears. "I do not need 6 now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years," the man replied. "Good! Old tree roots are the best place for a rest, come and 7 with me."
This is a story of everyone. The tree is like our parents. When we were 8 , we loved to be with our mum and dad. When we grow up, we9 them, and only come to them when we are in trouble. You may think the boy is cruel to the tree, but that is how many of us treat our parents. We consider their love as a matter of course; we don't appreciate all they do for us until it's too 10 .
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