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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 every day.

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 don’t play around trees anymore” 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 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 teethe to bite and I know no more trunk to climb on, I am too old” the man replied.


“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.

 

 

Tiny Frogs…

Tiny Frogs…

There once was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a running competition.



The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower.

 

A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants.

 

THE RACE BEGAN.

 

Honestly no one in crowd really believed the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower.

 

You heard statements such as: “Oh, WAY too difficult!”

“They will NEVER make it to the top.”

or: “Not a chance that they will succeed.

The tower is too high!”

 

The tiny frogs began collapsing.

One by one — except for those, who in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and higher.

 

The crowd continued to yell, “It is too difficult!

No one will make it!”

 

More tiny frogs got tired and gave up.

But one continued higher and higher and higher.

This one wouldn’t give up!

 

At the end everyone else had given up climbing the tower.

Except for the one tiny frog who, after a big effort, was the only one who reached the top!

 

Then all of the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it.

 

A contestant asked the tiny frog how he had found the strength to succeed and reach the goal?

 

It turned out the winner was DEAF!

 

MORAL OF THE STORY…

Never listen to other people’s tendencies to be negative or pessimistic because they take your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you — the ones you have in your heart!

 

Always think of the power words have because everything you hear and read will affect your actions!

 

 

Smart Dog

A dog walks into a butcher shop with a purse strapped around his neck.

He walks up to the meat case and calmly sits there until it's his turn to be helped.

A man, who was already in the butcher shop, finished his purchase and noticed the dog.

The butcher leaned over the counter and asked the dog what it wanted today.

The dog put its paw on the glass case in front of the ground beef, and the butcher said, "How many pounds?"

 

The dog barked twice, so the butcher made a package of two pounds ground beef.


He then said, "Anything else?"


The dog pointed to the pork chops, and the butcher said, "How many?"


The dog barked four times, and the butcher made up a package of four pork chops.


The dog then walked around behind the counter, so the butcher could get at the purse.

The butcher took out the appropriate amount of money and tied two packages of meat around the dog's neck.

 

The man, who had been watching all of this, decided to follow the dog.

It walked for several blocks and then walked up to a house and began to scratch at the door to be let in.


As the owner opened the door, the man said to the owner, "That's a really smart dog you have there."


The owner said, "He's not really all that smart.

This is the second time this week he forgot his key."

 


Date: 2016-04-22; view: 1220


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