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A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, and took a nap under the shadow. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by, the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. “Come and play with me”, the tree asked the boy. “I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more”, the boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.”,“Sorry, but I do not have money, but you can pick all my apples, and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree was sad. One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned and, the tree was excited. “Come and play with me,” the tree said. “I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?”,“Sorry, but I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house.” So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back. The tree was again lonely and sad. One hot summer day, the man returned and the tree was delighted. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. “I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” said the man. “Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.” So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time. Finally, the man returned after many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you, anymore. No more apples for you”, the tree said. “No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite” the man replied. “No more trunk for you to climb on.” “I am too old for that now,” the man said., “I really cannot give you anything, the only thing left is my dying roots,” the tree said with tears. “I do not need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years,” the man replied., “Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest, come sit down with me and rest.” The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐓𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬.

4.What did the boy make with the branches of the tree? 5.What did the boy make with the trunk of the tree? 6.Why we should not cut trees? 7.How did the boy spend his time with his friend the apple tree?