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Once there was a tree and she loved a little boy.

And every day the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns and play king of the forest.
He would climb up her trunk and swing from her branches and eat apples… And when he was tired he would sleep in her shade. And the boy loved the tree very much. And the tree was happy.

But time went by. And the boy grew older… The tree was often alone.

Then one day the boy came to the tree, and the tree said “Come Boy, come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and eat apples and play in my shade and be happy.”
“I am too big to climb and play,” said the boy. “I want to buy things and have fun. I want some money. Can you give me money?”

“I’m sorry,” said the tree, “but I have no money. I have only leaves and apples. Take my apples, Boy, and sell them in the city. Then you will have money and then you will be happy.”
And the boy climbed up the tree and gathered her apples and carried them away. And the tree was happy.

But time went by. And the boy graduated from school and went to work... The tree was often alone.

Then one day the boy, now a man, came to the tree, and the tree said "Sorry Boy, I've got no more apples for you to eat and you're too heavy to swing on my branches. Come sit under my shade and talk with me and be happy."
"I am too busy to sit and talk," said the man. "I need to start a business and earn money to support my family. Can you help me support my family?"

"I'm sorry," said the tree, "but I don't have any more apples that you can sell. I only left my trunk. Take my trunk and make funitures out of it. Then you can make money and then you will be happy."
And the man took a saw and cut the tree down and carried it away. And the tree/stump was happy.

But time went by. And the man was successful in his business and retired... The tree was often alone.
Then one day the boy, now an old man, came to the tree, and the tree said "Sorry Boy, I've got nothing to give you. You've taken my apples and my trunk, I can't give you anything more."
"I don't need anything," said the old man. "I'm old and I've got everything I wanted - a good family and finances to support it. I just want to find a place to relax and to rest this old feet and body of mine."


"I'm sorry," said the tree, "I've got no more wood that you may make a chair out of. You may sit my stump, though, and find recover those tired feet of yours. Then you will be happy."
And the old man sat on the stump and started weeping. He recalled those days, that he had left the tree alone and those days when he took the apples and its trunk to sell for money and those days when he was happy he forgot about the lonely tree.

He said to the stump, "Thanks for supporting me all my life. when i needed money you were here, when i needed a friend you are here. Thank you so much! I'm sorry that i neglected you from my life."