A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little 很久很久以前，有一棵又高又大的boy loved to come and lay around it every day. He 苹果树。一位小男孩，天天到树下来，climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap 他爬上去摘苹果吃，在树荫下睡觉。under the shadow... He loved the tree and the tree 他爱苹果树，苹果树也爱和他一起玩loved to play with him. 耍。
Time went by... the little boy had grown up and he 后来，小男孩长大了，不再天天来no longer played around the tree every day. One day, 玩耍。一天他又来到树下，很伤心的the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. “Come 样子。苹果树要和他一起玩，男孩说：and play with me,” the tree asked the boy. “I am “不行，我不小了，不能再和你玩，no longer a kid, I don’t play around trees anymore.” 我要玩具，可是没钱买。”苹果树说：The boy replied, “I want toys. I need money to buy “很遗憾，我也没钱，不过，把我所them.”“Sorry, but I don’t have money...but you can 有的果子摘下来卖掉，你不就有钱pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have 了？”男孩十分激动，他摘下所有的money.” The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the 苹果，高高兴兴地走了。然后，男孩apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never 好久都没有来。苹果树很伤心。 came back after he picked the apples. The tree was
有一天，男孩终于来了，树兴奋地sad.
邀他一起玩。男孩说：“不行，我没
One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited. 有时间，我要替家里干活呢，我们需“Come and play with me,” the tree said. “I don’t 要一幢房子，你能帮忙吗？”“我没have time to play. I have to work for my family. We 有房子，”苹果树说，“不过你可以need a house for shelter. Can you help me?”“Sorry, 把我的树枝统统砍下来，拿去搭房but I don’t have a house. But you can chop off my 子。”于是男孩砍下所有的树枝，高branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all 高兴兴地运走去盖房子。看到男孩高the branches off the tree and left happily. The tree 兴树好快乐。从此，男孩又不来了。was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back 树再次陷入孤单和悲伤之中。 since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.
一年夏天，男孩回来了，树太快乐
One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was 了：“来呀！孩子，来和我玩呀。”delighted. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. 男孩却说：“我心情不好，一天天老“I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to 了，我要扬帆出海，轻松一下，你能relax myself. Can you give me a boat?”“Use my trunk 给我一艘船吗？”苹果树说：“把我to build your boat. You can sail far away and be 的树干砍去，拿去做船吧！”于是男happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. 孩砍下了她的树干，造了条船，然后He went sailing and never showed up for a long time. 驾船走了，很久都没有回来。树好快The tree was happy, but it was not true. 乐„„但不是真的。
Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many 许多年过去，男孩终于回来，苹果years. “Sorry, my boy. But I don’t have anything 树说：“对不起，孩子，我已经没有for you anymore. No more apples for you...” the tree 东西可以给你了，我的苹果没了。” said.
男孩说：“我的牙都掉了，吃不了
“I don’t have teeth to bite,” the boy replied. 苹果了。”
“No more trunk for you to climb on.”
“I am too old for that now,” the boy said. 苹果树又说：“我再没有树干，让你爬上来了。”
男孩说：“我太老了，爬不动了。”
“I really can’t give you anything... the only thing
left is my dying roots,” the tree said with tears. “我再也没有什么给得出手
了„„，只剩下枯死下去的老根，”
“I don’t need much now, just a place to rest. I am 树流着泪说。
tired after all these years.” The boy replied.
男孩说：“这么多年过去了，现在
“Good! Old tree roots is the best place to lean on 我感到累了，什么也不想要，只要一and rest. Come, Come sit down with me and rest.” The 个休息的地方。”
boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with
tears... “好啊！老根是最适合坐下来休息
的，来啊，坐下来和我一起休息吧！”
This is a story of everyone. The tree is our parent. 男孩坐下来，苹果树高兴得流下了眼When we were young, we loved to play with Mom and 泪„„
Dad... When we grown up, we left them, and only came
to them when we need something or when we are in 这就是我们每个人的故事。这颗树trouble. No matter what, parents will always be there 就是我们的父母。小时候，我们喜欢and give everything they could to make you happy. You 和爸爸妈妈玩„„长大后，我们就离may think that the boy is cruel to the tree but that’s 开他们，只在需要什么东西或者遇到how all of us are treating our parents.
麻烦的时候，才回到他们身边。无论如何，父母永远都在那儿，倾其所有使你快乐。你可能认为这个男孩对树
很残酷，但这就是我们每个人对待父
母的方式。
A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little 很久很久以前，有一棵又高又大的boy loved to come and lay around it every day. He 苹果树。一位小男孩，天天到树下来，climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap 他爬上去摘苹果吃，在树荫下睡觉。under the shadow... He loved the tree and the tree 他爱苹果树，苹果树也爱和他一起玩loved to play with him. 耍。
Time went by... the little boy had grown up and he 后来，小男孩长大了，不再天天来no longer played around the tree every day. One day, 玩耍。一天他又来到树下，很伤心的the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. “Come 样子。苹果树要和他一起玩，男孩说：and play with me,” the tree asked the boy. “I am “不行，我不小了，不能再和你玩，no longer a kid, I don’t play around trees anymore.” 我要玩具，可是没钱买。”苹果树说：The boy replied, “I want toys. I need money to buy “很遗憾，我也没钱，不过，把我所them.”“Sorry, but I don’t have money...but you can 有的果子摘下来卖掉，你不就有钱pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have 了？”男孩十分激动，他摘下所有的money.” The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the 苹果，高高兴兴地走了。然后，男孩apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never 好久都没有来。苹果树很伤心。 came back after he picked the apples. The tree was
有一天，男孩终于来了，树兴奋地sad.
邀他一起玩。男孩说：“不行，我没
One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited. 有时间，我要替家里干活呢，我们需“Come and play with me,” the tree said. “I don’t 要一幢房子，你能帮忙吗？”“我没have time to play. I have to work for my family. We 有房子，”苹果树说，“不过你可以need a house for shelter. Can you help me?”“Sorry, 把我的树枝统统砍下来，拿去搭房but I don’t have a house. But you can chop off my 子。”于是男孩砍下所有的树枝，高branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all 高兴兴地运走去盖房子。看到男孩高the branches off the tree and left happily. The tree 兴树好快乐。从此，男孩又不来了。was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back 树再次陷入孤单和悲伤之中。 since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.
一年夏天，男孩回来了，树太快乐
One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was 了：“来呀！孩子，来和我玩呀。”delighted. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. 男孩却说：“我心情不好，一天天老“I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to 了，我要扬帆出海，轻松一下，你能relax myself. Can you give me a boat?”“Use my trunk 给我一艘船吗？”苹果树说：“把我to build your boat. You can sail far away and be 的树干砍去，拿去做船吧！”于是男happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. 孩砍下了她的树干，造了条船，然后He went sailing and never showed up for a long time. 驾船走了，很久都没有回来。树好快The tree was happy, but it was not true. 乐„„但不是真的。
Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many 许多年过去，男孩终于回来，苹果years. “Sorry, my boy. But I don’t have anything 树说：“对不起，孩子，我已经没有for you anymore. No more apples for you...” the tree 东西可以给你了，我的苹果没了。” said.
男孩说：“我的牙都掉了，吃不了
“I don’t have teeth to bite,” the boy replied. 苹果了。”
“No more trunk for you to climb on.”
“I am too old for that now,” the boy said. 苹果树又说：“我再没有树干，让你爬上来了。”
男孩说：“我太老了，爬不动了。”
“I really can’t give you anything... the only thing
left is my dying roots,” the tree said with tears. “我再也没有什么给得出手
了„„，只剩下枯死下去的老根，”
“I don’t need much now, just a place to rest. I am 树流着泪说。
tired after all these years.” The boy replied.
男孩说：“这么多年过去了，现在
“Good! Old tree roots is the best place to lean on 我感到累了，什么也不想要，只要一and rest. Come, Come sit down with me and rest.” The 个休息的地方。”
boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with
tears... “好啊！老根是最适合坐下来休息
的，来啊，坐下来和我一起休息吧！”
This is a story of everyone. The tree is our parent. 男孩坐下来，苹果树高兴得流下了眼When we were young, we loved to play with Mom and 泪„„
Dad... When we grown up, we left them, and only came
to them when we need something or when we are in 这就是我们每个人的故事。这颗树trouble. No matter what, parents will always be there 就是我们的父母。小时候，我们喜欢and give everything they could to make you happy. You 和爸爸妈妈玩„„长大后，我们就离may think that the boy is cruel to the tree but that’s 开他们，只在需要什么东西或者遇到how all of us are treating our parents.
麻烦的时候，才回到他们身边。无论如何，父母永远都在那儿，倾其所有使你快乐。你可能认为这个男孩对树
很残酷，但这就是我们每个人对待父
母的方式。