A Touch Story

I have forgot who sent me this article and since I have kept it for years. As a father and son, it makes me tearing every time...


>>       * It is a good story *              
>>>A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree.
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>>>A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday.
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>>>He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples,
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>>>took a nap under the shadow... He loved the tree and
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>>>the tree loved to play with him.
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>>>Time went by... the little boy had grown up and he no
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>>>longer played around the tree everyday. 
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>>>One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad.
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>>>"Come and play with me," the tree asked the boy.
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>>>"I am no longer a kid, I don't play around trees anymore."
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>>> The boy replied, "I want toys. I need money to buy them."
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>>>"Sorry, but I don't have money...but you can pick all
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>>>my apples and sell them. 
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>>>So, you will have money."  The boy was so excited.
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>>>He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily.
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>>> The boy never came back after he picked the apples. 
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>>>The tree was sad.
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>>>One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited.
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>>>"Come and play with me" the tree said.
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>>>"I don't have time to play. I have to work for my family.
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>>>We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?"
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>>>"Sorry, but I don't have a house.
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>>>But you can chop off my branches to build your house."
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>>>So the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.
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>>>The tree was glad to see him happy
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>>>but the boy never came back since then.
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>>>The tree was again lonely and sad.
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>>>One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted.
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>>>"Come and play with me!" the tree said.
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>>>"I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself.
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>>>Can you give me a boat?" Use my truck to build your boat.
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>>>You can sail far away and be happy.
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>>>" So the boy cut the tree truck to make a boat.
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>>>He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.
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>>>Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years.
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>>>"Sorry, my boy.
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>>>But I don't have anything for you anymore. No more
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>>>apples for you..." the tree said.
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>>>"I don't have teeth to bite" the boy replied.
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>>>"No more truck for you to climb on"
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>>>"I am too old for that now" the boy said.
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>>>"I really can't give you anything ... the only thing
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>>>left is my dying roots" the tree said with tears.
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>>>"I don't need much now, just a place to rest.
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>>>I am tired after all these years." The boy replied.
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>>>"Good! Old tree roots is the best place to lean on and rest.
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>>>Come, Come sit down with me and rest."
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>>>The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears.......
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>>>>This is a story of everyone. The tree is our parent.
>>>>When we were young,
>>>>we loved to play with Mom and Dad...
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>>>>When we grown up, we left them...
>>>>only came to them when we need something or 
>>>>when we are in trouble.
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>>>>No matter what,
>>>> parents will always be there and give everything
>>>>they could to make you happy. 
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>>>>You may think the boy is cruel to the tree but
>>>>that's
>>>>how all of us are treating our parent.
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>>>>Please enlighten all you friend by forward this mail
>>>>to them.
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>>>>And love your parent.**
>>>>
>>>>Happy Mother's and Father's Day!
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