05/12/2012
Tayo Adeniran
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. “No more trunk for you to climb on.” “I am too old for that now” the man said. “I really cannot give you anything, the only thing left is my dying roots,” the tree said with tears. “I do not need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years,” the man replied. “Good!
Old tree roots are the best place to lean
on and rest, come sit down with me and
rest.” The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears. This is a story of everyone. The tree is like our parents. When we were young, we loved to play with our Mum and Dad. When we grow up, we leave them; only come 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 just to make you happy. You may think the boy is cruel to the tree, but that is how all of us treat our parents. We take them for granted; we don’t appreciate all they do for us, until it’s too late....
Let's start appreciating our parents today
no matter what it's takes and for those
whose parents have gone to the great
beyond,you can still be praying for their
soul!!!
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