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The boy used to play by an apple tree as a child. When he grew up, he took the tree's apples to sell so he could buy toys. Later as a man, he used the tree's branches to build a house for his family. In old age, he cut down the tree to make a boat for sailing. Each time, the tree was sad to be used but glad to help the man. In the end, the tree had nothing left to give but the man was too old to play anyway.

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The boy used to play by an apple tree as a child. When he grew up, he took the tree's apples to sell so he could buy toys. Later as a man, he used the tree's branches to build a house for his family. In old age, he cut down the tree to make a boat for sailing. Each time, the tree was sad to be used but glad to help the man. In the end, the tree had nothing left to give but the man was too old to play anyway.

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THE BOY AND THE APPLE TREE

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 treetop, ate the apples, and 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 do not play around trees any more”


the boy replied.

“I want toys. I need money to buy them.”

“Sorry, but I do not 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 who now turned into a man returned and
the tree was excited.

“Come and play with me” the tree said.

“I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter.
Can you help me?”

“Sorry, but I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house.” 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 back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.

One hot summer day, the man returned and the tree was delighted.

“Come and play with me!” the tree said.

“I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” said the man.

“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 never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the man returned after many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you
anymore. No more apples for you”, the tree said. “No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite” the
man replied.

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