Heart touching inspirational story for children with moral

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. story by

Shel Silverstein.

~ Moral ~ Treat your parents with loving

care…. For you will know their value, when

you see their empty chair…We never know the

love of our parents for us; till we have

become parents .

Thanks.

M.Sai Ram