A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree.
ãäÐ Òãä ÈÚ*Ï æáì...ßÇä åäÇß ÔÌÑÉ ÊÝÇÍ Ý* ÛÇ*É ÇáÖÎÇãÉ...
A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday.
ßÇä åäÇß ØÝá ÕÛ*Ñ *áÚÈ Íæá åÐå ÇáÔÌÑÉ *æã*Ç...
He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow...
æßÇä *ÊÓáÞ ÃÛÕÇä åÐå ÇáÔÌÑÉ æ*Ãßá ãä ËãÇÑåÇ ...æÈÚÏåÇ *ÛÝæ Þá*áÇ á*äÇã Ý* ÙáåÇ...
He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.
ßÇä *ÍÈ ÇáÔÌÑÉ æßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÊÍÈ áÚÈå ãÚåÇ...
Time went by...the little boy had grown up,
ãÑ ÇáÒãä... æßÈÑ åÐÇ ÇáØÝá...
And he no longer played around the tree every day.
æÃÕÈÍ áÇ *áÚÈ Íæá åÐå ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÈÚÏ Ðáß...
One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad.
Ý* *æã ãä ÇáÃ*Çã...ÑÌÚ åÐÇ ÇáÕÈ* æßÇä ÍÒ*äÇ...!
"Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy.
ÝÞÇáÊ áå ÇáÔÌÑÉ: ÊÚÇá æÇáÚÈ ãÚ*...
"I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more"
The boy replied.
ÝÃÌÇÈåÇ ÇáæáÏ: áã ÃÚÏ ÕÛ*ÑÇ áÃáÚÈ Íæáß...
"I want toys. I need money to buy them."
ÃäÇ ÃÑ*Ï ÈÚÖ ÇááÚÈ æÃÍÊÇÌ ÈÚÖ ÇáäÞæÏ áÔÑÇÆåÇ...
"Sorry, but I do not have money...
ÝÃÌÇÈÊå ÇáÔÌÑÉ: ÃäÇ áÇ *æÌÏ ãÚ* Ã*É äÞæÏ!!!
But you can pick all my apples and sell them.
So, you will have money.
æáßä *ãßäß Ãä ÊÃÎÐ ßá ÇáÊÝÇÍ Åáì áÏ* áÊÈ*Úå Ëã ÊÍÕá Úáì ÇáäÞæÏ ÇáÊ* ÊÑ*ÏåÇ...
" The boy was so excited.
ÇáæáÏ ßÇä ÓÚ*ÏÇ ááÛÇ*É...
He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily.
ÝÊÓáÞ ÇáÔÌÑÉ æÌãÚ Ìã*Ú ËãÇÑ ÇáÊÝÇÍ ÇáÊ* Úá*åÇ æäÒá ãä Úá*åÇ ÓÚ*ÏÇ...
The boy never came back after he picked the apples.
áã *ÚÏ ÇáæáÏ ÈÚÏåÇ ...
The tree was sad.
ßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ Ý* ÛÇ*É ÇáÍÒä ÈÚÏåÇ áÚÏã ÚæÏÊå...
One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned
æÝ* *æã ÑÌÚ åÐÇ ÇáæáÏ ááÔÌÑÉ æáßäå áã *ÚÏ æáÏÇ Èá ÃÕÈÍ ÑÌáÇ...!!!
And the tree was excited "Come and play with me" the tree said.
æßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ Ý* ãäÊåì ÇáÓÚÇÏÉ áÚæÏÊå æÞÇáÊ áå: ÊÚÇá æÇáÚÈ ãÚ*...
"I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family.
æáßäå ÃÌÇÈåÇ æÞÇá áåÇ:
ÃäÇ áã ÃÚÏ ØÝáÇ áÃáÚÈ Íæáß ãÑÉ ÃÎÑì ÝÞÏ ÃÕÈÍÊ ÑÌáÇ ãÓÆæáÇ Úä ÚÇÆáÉ...
We need a house for shelter.
æÃÍÊÇÌ áÈ*Ê á*ßæä áåã ãÃæì...
Can you help me?
åá *ãßäß ãÓÇÚÏÊ* ÈåÐÇ¿
" Sorry”,
ÂÓÝÉ!!!
But I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches
To build your house.
ÝÃäÇ á*Ó ÚäÏ* áß È*Ê æáßä *ãßäß Ãä ÊÃÎÐ Ìã*Ú ÃÝÑÚ* áÊÈä* ÈåÇ áß È*ÊÇ...
" So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.
ÝÃÎÐ ÇáÑÌá ßá ÇáÃÝÑÚ æÛÇÏÑ ÇáÔÌÑÉ æåæ ÓÚ*ÏÇ...
The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then.
æßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÓÚ*ÏÉ áÓÚÇÏÊå æÑÄ*Êå åßÐÇ ...æáßäå áã *ÚÏ Åá*åÇ ...
The tree was again lonely and sad.
æÃÕÈÍÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÍÒ*äÉ ãÑÉ ÃÎÑì...
One hot summer day,
æÝ* *æã ÍÇÑ ÌÏÇ...
The man returned and the tree was delighted.
ÚÇÏ ÇáÑÌá ãÑÉ ÃÎÑì æßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ Ý* ãäÊåì ÇáÓÚÇÏÉ....
"Come and play with me!" the tree said.
ÝÞÇáÊ áå ÇáÔÌÑÉ: ÊÚÇá æÇáÚÈ ãÚ*...
"I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself.
ÝÞÇá áåÇ ÇáÑÌá ÃäÇ Ý* ÛÇ*É ÇáÊÚÈ æÞÏ ÈÏÃÊ Ý* ÇáßÈÑ...æÃÑ*Ï Ãä ÃÈÍÑ áÃ* ãßÇä áÃÑÊÇÍ...
“Can you give me a boat?"
“Said the man”.
ÝÞÇá áåÇ ÇáÑÌá: åá *ãßäß ÅÚØÇÆ* ãÑßÈÇ...
"Use my trunk to build your boat.
You can sail far away and be happy.
ÝÃÌÇÈÊå *ãßäß ÃÎÐ ÌÒÚ* áÈäÇÁ ãÑßÈß...æÈÚÏåÇ *ãßäß Ãä ÊÈÍÑ Èå Ã*äãÇ ÊÔÇÁ...æÊßæä ÓÚ*ÏÇ...
" So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat.
ÝÞØÚ ÇáÑÌá ÌÐÚ ÇáÔÌÑÉ æÕäÚ ãÑßÈå!!!
He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.
ÝÓÇÝÑ ãÈÍÑÇ æáã *ÚÏ áãÏÉ Øæ*áÉ ÌÏÇ........................
Finally, the man returned after many years.
ÃÎ*ÑÇ ÚÇÏ ÇáÑÌá ÈÚÏ Û*ÇÈ Øæ*á æÓäæÇÊ Øæ*áÉ ÌÏÇ........
"Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore.
æáßä ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÃÌÇÈÊ æÞÇáÊ áå : ÂÓÝÉ *Ç Èä* ÇáÍÈ*È æáßä áã *ÚÏ ÚäÏ* Ã* ÔÆ áÃÚØ*å áß...
No more apples for you...
" The tree said”.
æÞÇáÊ áå:áÇ *æÌÏ ÊÝÇÍ...
"No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite
" The man replied.
ÞÇá áåÇ: áÇ Úá*ß áã *ÚÏ ÚäÏ* Ã* ÃÓäÇä áÃÞÖãåÇ ÈåÇ...
"No more trunk for you to climb on"
áã *ÚÏ ÚäÏ* ÌÐÚ áÊÊÓáÞå æáã *ÚÏ ÚäÏ* ÝÑæÚ áÊÌáÓ Úá*åÇ...
"I am too old for that now" the man said.
ÝÃÌÇÈåÇ ÇáÑÌá áÞÏ ÃÕÈÍÊ ÚÌæÒÇ Çá*æã æáÇ ÃÓÊØ*Ú Úãá Ã* ÔÆ!!!
"I really cannot give you anything...
ÝÃÎÈÑÊå : ÃäÇ ÝÚáÇ áÇ *æÌÏ áÏ* ãÇ ÃÚØ*å áß...
The only thing left is my dying root,”
The tree said with tears.
ßá ãÇ áÏ* ÇáÂä åæ ÌÐæÑ ã*ÊÉ...ÃÌÇÈÊå æå* ÊÈß*...
"I do not need much now, just a place to rest.
ÝÃÌÇÈåÇ æÞÇá áåÇ: ßá ãÇ ÃÍÊÇÌå ÇáÂä åæ ãßÇä áÃÓÊÑ*Í Èå...
I am tired after all these years" the man replied.
ÝÃäÇ ãÊÚÈ ÈÚÏ ßá åÐå ÇáÓäæä...
"Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest,
ÝÃÌÇÈÊå æÞÇáÊ áå: ÌÐæÑ ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÇáÚÌæÒ å* ÃäÓÈ ãßÇä áß ááÑÇÍÉ...
Come, come sit down with me and rest.
ÊÚÇá ...ÊÚÇá æÇÌáÓ ãÚ* åäÇ ÊÍÊ æÇÓÊÑÍ ãÚ*...
" The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears...
ÝäÒá ÇáÑÌá Åá*åÇ æßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÓÚ*ÏÉ Èå æÇáÏãæÚ Êãáà ÇÈÊÓÇãÊåÇ...
This is you and the tree is your parent. !!!!!
åá ÊÚÑÝ ãä å* åÐå ÇáÔÌÑÉ¿
ÅäåÇ ÃÈæ*ß!!!!!!!!!!!!
