THE STUMP OF HOPE

LIFE OF A APPLE TREE AND A BOY. HE DEVELOPED A FRIENDSHIP WITH THE APPLE TREE. THIS APPLE TREE WAS VERY “GIVING” AND THE BOY EVOLVED INTO A “TAKING” TEENAGER, A MIDDLE AGED MAN, AND FINALLY AN ELDERLY MAN. DISPITE THE FACT THAT THE BOY AGES IN THE STORY , THE TREE ADRESS THE “BOY” HIS ENTIRE LIFE. IN HIS CHILDHOOD, THE BOY ENJOYS PLAYING WITH THE TREE, CLIMBING HER TRUNK, SWINGING FROM HER BRANCHES, CARVING “ME + T (TREE)”. INTO THE BARK, AND EATING HER APPLES. HOWEVER AS THE BOY GROWS OLDER HE SPENDS LESS TIME WITH THE TREE AND TENDS TO VISIT HER ONLY WHEN HE WANTS MATERIAL ITEMS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF HIS LIFE, OR NOT COMING TO THE TREE ALONE (SUCH AS BRINGING A LADY FRIEND TO THE TREE AND CARVING “ME + Y.L.( HER INITIALS, FOR YOUNG LOVE.) IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE BOY HAPPY AT EACH OF THESE STAGES, THE TREE GIVES HIM PARTS OF HERSELF WHICH HE CAN TRANSFORM INTO MATERIAL ITEMS, SUCH AS MONEY (FROM HER APPLES). A HOUSE (FROM HER BRANCHES, AND A BOAT (FROM HER TRUNK ) . WITH EVERY STAGE OF GIVING,” THE TREE WAS HAPPY.

IN THE FINAL PAGES, BOTH THE TREE AND THE BOY FEEL THE STING OF THEIR RESPECTIVE “GIVING AND TAKING” NATURE. WHEN ONLY A STUMP REMAINS FOR A TREE ( IN CLUDING THE CARVING”ME+ T). SHE IS NOT HAPPY AT LEAST AT THE MOMENT. THE BOY DOES RETURN AS A TIRED ELDERLY MAN TO MEET THE TREE ONCE MORE. SHE TELLS HIM SHE IS SAD BECAUSE SHE CAN NOT PROVIDE HIM SHADE, APPLES, OR ANY MATERIAL LIKE IN THE PAST. HE IGNORES THIS(BECAUSE HIS TEETH ARE TO WEAK FOR APPLES, AND HE IS TO OLD TO SWING ON BRANCHES AND TO TIRED TO CLIMB HER TRUNK) AND STATES THAT ALL HE WANTS IS A QUIET PLACE TO SIT AND REST. WHICH THE TREE, WHO IS WEAK BEING JUST A STUMP,COULD PROVIDE. THE TREE WAS HAPPY

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