A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree.
ãäÐ Òãä ÈÚíÏ æáì...ßÇä åäÇß ÔÌÑÉ ÊÝÇÍ Ýí ÛÇíÉ ÇáÖÎÇãÉ...
A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday.
ßÇä åäÇß ØÝá ÕÛíÑ íáÚÈ Íæá åÐå ÇáÔÌÑÉ íæãíÇ...
He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow...
æßÇä íÊÓáÞ ÃÛÕÇä åÐå ÇáÔÌÑÉ æíÃßá ãä ËãÇÑåÇ ...æÈÚÏåÇ íÛÝæ ÞáíáÇ áíäÇã Ýí ÙáåÇ...
He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.
ßÇä íÍÈ 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 íáÚÈ Íæá åÐå ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÈÚÏ Ðáß...
One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad.
Ýí íæã ãä ÇáÃíÇã...ÑÌÚ åÐÇ ÇáÕÈí æßÇä ÍÒíäÇ...!
"Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy.
ÝÞÇáÊ áå ÇáÔÌÑÉ: ÊÚÇá æÇáÚÈ ãÚí...
"I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more"
The boy replied.
ÝÃÌÇÈåÇ ÇáæáÏ: áã ÃÚÏ ÕÛíÑÇ áÃáÚÈ Íæáß...
"I want toys. I need money to buy them."
ÃäÇ ÃÑíÏ ÈÚÖ ÇááÚÈ æÃÍÊÇÌ ÈÚÖ ÇáäÞæÏ áÔÑÇÆåÇ...
"Sorry, but I do not have money...
ÝÃÌÇÈÊå ÇáÔÌÑÉ: ÃäÇ áÇ íæÌÏ ãÚí ÃíÉ äÞæÏ!!!
But you can pick all my apples and sell them.
So, you will have money.
æáßä íãßäß Ãä ÊÃÎÐ ßá ÇáÊÝÇÍ Åáì áÏí áÊÈíÚå Ëã ÊÍÕá Úáì ÇáäÞæÏ ÇáÊí ÊÑíÏåÇ...
" The boy was so excited.
ÇáæáÏ ßÇä ÓÚíÏÇ ááÛÇíÉ...
He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily.
ÝÊÓáÞ ÇáÔÌÑÉ æÌãÚ ÌãíÚ ËãÇÑ ÇáÊÝÇÍ ÇáÊí ÚáíåÇ æäÒá ãä ÚáíåÇ ÓÚíÏÇ...
The boy never came back after he picked the apples.
áã íÚÏ ÇáæáÏ ÈÚÏåÇ ...
The tree was sad.
ßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ Ýí ÛÇíÉ ÇáÍÒä ÈÚÏåÇ áÚÏã ÚæÏÊå...
One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned
æÝí íæã ÑÌÚ åÐÇ ÇáæáÏ ááÔÌÑÉ æáßäå áã íÚÏ æáÏÇ Èá ÃÕÈÍ ÑÌáÇ...!!!
And the tree was excited "Come and play with me" the tree said.
æßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ Ýí ãäÊåì ÇáÓÚÇÏÉ áÚæÏÊå æÞÇáÊ áå: ÊÚÇá æÇáÚÈ ãÚí...
"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 áÈíÊ áíßæä áåã ãÃæì...
Can you help me?
åá íãßäß ãÓÇÚÏÊí ÈåÐÇ¿
" Sorry”,
ÂÓÝÉ!!!
But I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches
To build your house.
ÝÃäÇ áíÓ ÚäÏí áß ÈíÊ æáßä íãßäß Ãä ÊÃÎÐ ÌãíÚ ÃÝÑÚí áÊÈäí ÈåÇ áß ÈíÊÇ...
" So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.
ÝÃÎÐ ÇáÑÌá ßá ÇáÃÝÑÚ æÛÇÏÑ ÇáÔÌÑÉ æåæ ÓÚíÏÇ...
The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then.
æßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÓÚíÏÉ áÓÚÇÏÊå æÑÄíÊå åßÐÇ ...æáßäå áã íÚÏ ÅáíåÇ ...
The tree was again lonely and sad.
æÃÕÈÍÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÍÒíäÉ ãÑÉ ÃÎÑì...
One hot summer day,
æÝí íæã ÍÇÑ ÌÏÇ...
The man returned and the tree was delighted.
ÚÇÏ ÇáÑÌá ãÑÉ ÃÎÑì æßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ Ýí ãäÊåì ÇáÓÚÇÏÉ....
"Come and play with me!" the tree said.
ÝÞÇáÊ áå ÇáÔÌÑÉ: ÊÚÇá æÇáÚÈ ãÚí...
"I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself.
ÝÞÇá áåÇ ÇáÑÌá ÃäÇ Ýí ÛÇíÉ ÇáÊÚÈ æÞÏ ÈÏÃÊ Ýí ÇáßÈÑ...æÃÑíÏ Ãä ÃÈÍÑ áÃí ãßÇä áÃÑÊÇÍ...
“Can you give me a boat?"
“Said the man”.
ÝÞÇá áåÇ ÇáÑÌá: åá íãßäß ÅÚØÇÆí ãÑßÈÇ...
"Use my trunk to build your boat.
You can sail far away and be happy.
ÝÃÌÇÈÊå íãßäß ÃÎÐ ÌÒÚí áÈäÇÁ ãÑßÈß...æÈÚÏåÇ íãßäß Ãä ÊÈÍÑ Èå ÃíäãÇ ÊÔÇÁ...æÊßæä ÓÚíÏÇ...
" 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 íÚÏ áãÏÉ ØæíáÉ ÌÏÇ........................
Finally, the man returned after many years.
ÃÎíÑÇ ÚÇÏ ÇáÑÌá ÈÚÏ ÛíÇÈ Øæíá æÓäæÇÊ ØæíáÉ ÌÏÇ........
"Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore.
æáßä ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÃÌÇÈÊ æÞÇáÊ áå : ÂÓÝÉ íÇ Èäí ÇáÍÈíÈ æáßä áã íÚÏ ÚäÏí Ãí ÔÆ áÃÚØíå áß...
No more apples for you...
" The tree said”.
æÞÇáÊ áå:áÇ íæÌÏ ÊÝÇÍ...
"No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite
" The man replied.
ÞÇá áåÇ: áÇ Úáíß áã íÚÏ ÚäÏí Ãí ÃÓäÇä áÃÞÖãåÇ ÈåÇ...
"No more trunk for you to climb on"
áã íÚÏ ÚäÏí ÌÐÚ áÊÊÓáÞå æáã íÚÏ ÚäÏí ÝÑæÚ áÊÌáÓ ÚáíåÇ...
"I am too old for that now" the man said.
ÝÃÌÇÈåÇ ÇáÑÌá áÞÏ ÃÕÈÍÊ ÚÌæÒÇ Çáíæã æáÇ ÃÓÊØíÚ Úãá Ãí ÔÆ!!!
"I really cannot give you anything...
ÝÃÎÈÑÊå : ÃäÇ ÝÚáÇ áÇ íæÌÏ áÏí ãÇ ÃÚØíå áß...
The only thing left is my dying root,”
The tree said with tears.
ßá ãÇ áÏí ÇáÂä åæ ÌÐæÑ ãíÊÉ...ÃÌÇÈÊå æåí ÊÈßí...
"I do not need much now, just a place to rest.
ÝÃÌÇÈåÇ æÞÇá áåÇ: ßá ãÇ ÃÍÊÇÌå ÇáÂä åæ ãßÇä áÃÓÊÑíÍ 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 åí ÃäÓÈ ãßÇä áß ááÑÇÍÉ...
Come, come sit down with me and rest.
ÊÚÇá ...ÊÚÇá æÇÌáÓ ãÚí åäÇ ÊÍÊ æÇÓÊÑÍ ãÚí...
" The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears...
ÝäÒá ÇáÑÌá ÅáíåÇ æßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÓÚíÏÉ Èå æÇáÏãæÚ Êãáà ÇÈÊÓÇãÊåÇ...
This is you and the tree is your parent. !!!!!
åá ÊÚÑÝ ãä åí åÐå ÇáÔÌÑÉ¿
ÅäåÇ ÃÈæíß!!!!!!!!!!!!
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