One?hot?summer day, the boy returned and the tree was very happy.“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 the boat. You can sail and be happy.”So the boy cut the tree trunk to?make?a boat. He went sailing and did not?show?up?for a long time.
　　Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years.“Sorry, my boy.?But I don’t have?anything?for you any more. No more apples for you.”the tree said.“I don’t have?teeth?to eat.”The boy replied
　　“No more trunk for you to climb on.”“I am too old for that now.”the boy said.
　　“I really want to give you something——the only thing left is my?dying?roots.”The tree said.“I don't need much now, just a?place?to?rest.?I am?tired?after all these years.”The boy replied.“Good! Come here, please sit down with me and?have?a?rest,”The boy sat down and the tree smiled?.
　　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 grow up, we leave them, and only come to them when we need something or when we are?in?trouble.?Whatever, 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.


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蘋果樹(2)
　　在一個炎熱的夏日，男孩回到樹旁，樹很高興．“來和我玩吧！”樹說。
　　“我很傷心，我開始變老了。我想去航海放松自己．你能不能給我一條船？”
　　“用我的樹干去造一條船，你就能航海了，你會高興的?！庇谑?，男孩砍下樹干去造船。他航海去了，很長一段時間未露面。
　　許多年后男孩終于回來了．“很遺憾，我的孩子，我再也沒有任何東西可以給你了。沒有蘋果給你”樹說。“我沒有牙齒吃了?！蹦泻⒋鸬馈?br />　　“沒有樹干供你爬。”“現(xiàn)在我老了，爬不上去了?！蹦泻⒄f．
　　“我真的想把一切都給你……我唯一剩下的東西是快要死去的樹墩。”樹說。男孩答道?！艾F(xiàn)在，我不需要什么東西，只需要一個地方來休息．經過了這些年我累了。”“太好了！過來，和我一起坐下休息吧?！蹦泻⒆铝?，樹笑了。
　　這是發(fā)生在每一個人身上的故事。那棵樹就像我們的父母．我們小的時候，喜歡和爸爸媽媽玩。長大后，便離開他們，只有在我們需要父母，或是遇到了困難的時候，才回去找他們．無論什么，父母卻總是有求必應，為了讓你幸福，付出他們所有的一切。你也許覺得那個男孩對樹殘忍，但我們何嘗不是這樣對待自己的父母昵？?