The Giving Tree

Summary

• A tree and a little boy were very close to each other.
• The boy came to the tree every day to play.
• He climbed her trunk and swung from her branches.
• He ate the apples that the tree gave him.
• The boy and the tree were happy together.
• As time passed, the boy grew older.
• He stopped coming to the tree every day.
• The tree often felt lonely without the boy.
• One day the boy came back to the tree.
• The tree felt happy and asked him to play.
• The boy said he was too big to play.
• He said he wanted money to buy things.
• The tree told him to take her apples and sell them.
• The boy took the apples and went away happily.
• The tree felt happy after helping him.
• After a long time, the boy returned again.
• The tree asked him to play once more.
• The boy said he needed a house to live in.
• The tree told him to cut her branches to build a house.
• The boy cut the branches and went away happily.
• The tree was happy even after losing her branches.
• Many years passed and the boy returned again.
• The tree was happy to see him again.
• The boy said he wanted a boat to travel.
• The tree told him to cut her trunk and make a boat.
• The boy cut the trunk and sailed away.
• The tree was left only as a stump.
• After many years, the boy came back as an old man.
• The tree said she had nothing left to give him.
• The old man sat on the stump and rested quietly.