Once upon a time there lived a farmer in a village, beside a forest. He had a big garden that had an old apple tree and other plants, trees and beautiful flowers. When the farmer is a little boy he spent his time by playing with the apple tree. Those days, the apple tree had given the choicest of apples to him. However, as time passed the apple tree became old and stopped bearing fruits. Then the farmer was not getting any apples from the tree, he think that the tree was useless. Therefore, he decided to cut the tree and use it's wood to make some new furniture. He forgot that, he had spent his childhood climbing the tree and eating it's apple. Now the apple tree was home to several little animals in the neighborhood. This included squirrels, sparrows and a huge variety of birds and insects. When the farmer took his axe and started chopping the tree, all the little animals came rushing down. They all began to plead with the farmer. they gathered round the farmer and said, "please don't cut the tree. we used to play with you when you were small under this tree. this is our home and we have no other place to go." The farmer was adamant. He raised his axe and the commotion grew. "please, don't chop and destroy my home and kids", cried the squirrel. "please, don't chop and destroy my nest," cried the little birds. "please, don't cut the apple tree", cried the grasshopper. However, the farmer forgot his childhood and his animal friends. He began to chop the tree harder. All the little animals became desperate and wanted to protect the apple tree at any cost. Cries of animals fell on deaf ears. despite all their requests, the farmer continued to chop down the tree. All of a sudden he noticed something shinny. On inspecting it, he realized that it was a beehive, full of honey. He took a little and put it in his mouth. The taste of honey woke up the little boy in him. Suddenly, the memories of his childhood came rushing back. The honey tasted so sweet that he wanted more. It bought a sense of happiness to him. Realizing, the change of farmer's attitude, the little animal spoke in unison: the bee said," I will always provide you with sweet honey." The birds cried," We will always sing as many song you want". Finally, the farmer realized his folly and put down his axe. He understood that the tree was home to many lovely animals that provided him so many things. He wanted his little boy to have the childhood that he had. The farmer realized that the apple tree was not that fruitless. The little boy in him save the apple tree. He threw away the axe and said, " I promise that I would never cut the tree. I realized my mistake and you all can now live in peace and harmony." The little creatures thanked the bee specially. If the farmer had not found the beehive, they would have been homeless by now. They continued living happily.
Moral Of story:
Each and every living thing in nature is of some use. We should not destroy any living thing.
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