Wisdom for life from children’s stories

This children’s book is overtly about the relationship between a tree and a young boy.

He first asks to pick the apples from the tree to sell. The tree says okay. He then requests to take branches to build a house. Again the tree agrees. As the boy grows older the tree lets the boy take its trunk to build a boat.

For some, this is a heartwarming tale that explores the selfless nature of unconditional love. It is a relationship of a tree and a boy, a metaphor that teaches valuable lessons about the joy of giving and the importance of gratitude.

For others the morale is more straightforward and simple: it teaches the dangers of being selfish. When life has no boundaries, we just take and take until we end up destroying the source of our well-being.

 

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