A boy grew up playing under an apple tree. As he got older, he returned to the tree four times asking for things. Each time, the tree willingly gave of itself to help the boy, first offering its apples to sell, then branches for wood, its trunk for a boat, and finally its shade for the man to rest as he grew old. The moral of the story is that parents will always sacrifice for their children, just as the tree gave all it had to help the boy at each stage of his life.

2. A long time ago, there were a huge apple tree and a
little boy living happily together. Time went by… the
little boy had grown up and he no longer played
around the tree every day.
Later on, the boy
came back to see the
tree 4 times

3. The first time
The boy came
back and asked
for money to
buy toys
The apple tree told the boy
that you could pick all my
apples and sold them. So,
you would have money.

4. The second time
The boy who now
turned into a man
returned and asked
for a house.
The apple tree told
the boy to chop off
its branches to build
a house.

5. The third time
The man
returned and
asked for a
boat.
The apple tree gave
the man its trunk to
build a boat.

6. The last time
The man
returned
The apple tree said:
“come, sit down
with me and rest.”asked for
a place to
rest
because
he was
old and
tired.

7. At the end of the story
The man sat down and the tree was glad and
smiled with tears…

8. The tree in the story represents our parents. When we
are young, we love to play with them. When we grow up, we
leave them and only come back when we need help. No
matter what, parents will always be there and give everything
they could just to make you happy. So, share some time with
your parents before it’s too late.