Post by possycat on Jan 20, 2007 14:14:10 GMT -5
A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree.
Ýí ÞÏíã ÇáÒãÇä ... ßÇä åäÇß ÔÌÑÉ ÊÝÇÍ ÖÎãÉ ..
A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday.
æ ßÇä åäÇß ØÝá ÕÛíÑ íáÚÈ Íæá åÐå ÇáÔÌÑÉ ßá íæã ..
He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow...
ßÇä íÊÓáÞ ÃÛÕÇä ÇáÔÌÑÉ æíÃßá ãä ËãÇÑåÇ ... Ëã íÛÝæ ÞáíáÇ áíäÇã Ýí ÙáåÇ ...
He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.
ßÇä íÍÈ ÇáÔÌÑÉ æßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÊÍÈ Ãä ÊáÚÈ ãÚå ..
Time went by...the little boy had grown up,
ãÑ ÇáÒãä... æßÈÑ ÇáØÝá...
And he no longer played around the tree every day.
æÃÕÈÍ áÇ íáÚÈ Íæá ÇáÔÌÑÉ ßá íæã...
One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad.
Ýí íæã ãä ÇáÃíÇã ... ÑÌÚ 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 äÞæÏ!!!
But you can pick all my apples and sell them.
So, you will have money.
æáßä íãßäß Ãä ÊÃÎÐ ßá ÇáÊÝÇÍ ÇáÐí 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 ßá ËãÇÑ ÇáÊÝÇÍ ÇáÊí ÚáíåÇ æÛÇÏÑ ÓÚíÏÇ ....
The boy never came back after he picked the apples.
áã íÚÏ ÇáæáÏ ÈÚÏåÇ ..
The tree was sad.
ÝÃÕÈÍÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÍÒíäÉ ...
One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned
æÐÇÊ íæã ÚÇÏ ÇáæáÏ æáßäå ÃÕÈÍ ÑÌáÇ...!!!
And the tree was excited "Come and play with me" the tree said.
ßÇäÊ 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:
áÇ íæÌÏ æÞÊ áÏí ááÚÈ .. ÝÞÏ ÃÕÈÍÊ ÑÌáÇ ãÓÆæáÇ Úä ÚÇÆáÉ...
We need a house for shelter.
æäÍÊÇÌ áÈíÊ íÄæíäÇ...
Can you help me?
åá íãßäß ãÓÇÚÏÊí ¿
" Sorry”,
ÂÓÝÉ!!!
I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches
To build your house.
ÝÃäÇ áíÓ ÚäÏí ÈíÊ æáßä íãßäß Ãä ÊÃÎÐ ÌãíÚ ÃÛÕÇäí áÊÈäí ÈåÇ ÈíÊÇ áß...
" So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.
ÝÃÎÐ ÇáÑÌá ßá ÇáÃÛÕÇä æÛÇÏÑ æåæ ÓÚíÏ...
The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then.
ßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ ãÓÑæÑÉ áÑÄíÊå ÓÚíÏÇ ... áßä ÇáÑÌá áã íÚÏ ÅáíåÇ ...
The tree was again lonely and sad.
ÝÃÕÈÍÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ æÍíÏÉ æ ÍÒíäÉ ãÑÉ ÃÎÑì...
One hot summer day,
æÝí íæã ÍÇÑ ãä ÇíÇã ÇáÕíÝ...
The man returned and the tree was delighted.
ÚÇÏ ÇáÑÌá .. 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 áÞÏ ÊÞÏãÊ Ýí ÇáÓä... 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: ÎÐ ÌÐÚí áÈäÇÁ ãÑßÈ... æÈÚÏåÇ íãßäß Ãä ÊÈÍÑ Èå ÈÚíÏÇ ... æÊßæä ÓÚíÏÇ...
" So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat.
ÝÞØÚ ÇáÑÌá ÌÐÚ ÇáÔÌÑÉ æÕäÚ ãÑßÈÇ!!!
He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.
ÝÓÇÝÑ ãÈÍÑÇ æáã íÚÏ áãÏÉ ØæíáÉ .........................
Finally, the man returned after many years.
ÃÎíÑÇ ÚÇÏ ÇáÑÌá ÈÚÏ ÛíÇÈ Øæíá .........
"Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore.
æáßä ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÞÇáÊ áå : ÂÓÝÉ íÇ Èäí .. áã íÚÏ ÚäÏí Ãí ÔÆ ÃÚØíå 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 ...
"I am too old for that now" the man said.
ÝÃÌÇÈåÇ ÇáÑÌá áÞÏ ÃÕÈÍÊ ÚÌæÒÇ æáÇ ÃÓÊØíÚ ÇáÞíÇã ÈÐáß !!!
"I really cannot give you anything...
ÞÇáÊ: ÃäÇ ÝÚáÇ áÇ íæÌÏ áÏí ãÇ ÃÚØíå áß...
The only thing left is my dying root,”
The tree said with tears.
ÞÇáÊ æåí ÊÈßí .. ßá ãÇ ÊÈÞì áÏí ÌÐæÑ ãíÊÉ...
"I do not need much now, just a place to rest.
ÝÃÌÇÈåÇ: ßá ãÇ ÃÍÊÇÌå ÇáÂä åæ ãßÇä áÃÓÊÑíÍ Ýíå...
I am tired after all these years" the man replied.
ÝÃäÇ ãÊÚÈ ÈÚÏ ßá åÐå ÇáÓäíä...
"Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest,
ÝÃÌÇÈÊå: ÌÐæÑ ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÇáÚÌæÒ åí ÃäÓÈ ãßÇä áß ááÑÇÍÉ...
Come, come sit down with me and rest.
ÊÚÇá ... ÊÚÇá æÇÌáÓ ãÚí áÊÓÊÑíÍ ...
" The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears...
ÌáÓ ÇáÑÌá ÅáíåÇ ... ßÇäÊ ÇáÔÌÑÉ ÓÚíÏÉ ... ÊÈÓãÊ æÇáÏãæÚ Êãáà ÚíäíåÇ...
This is you and the tree is your parent. !!!!!
åá ÊÚÑÝ ãä åí åÐå ÇáÔÌÑÉ¿
ÅäåÇ ÃÈæíß!!!!!!!!!!!!
