![]() The tree was sad because it had no longer its leafy branches to shield the boy from the rain. ![]() It didn’t have its branches anymore to pat him on the shoulder, but he supported him as he leaned on its trunk. He was weak and tired and broke the tree’s heart to see him. The tree was worried and wished it could do something. ![]() One day, a butterfly brought some news and told the tree that the boy is homeless. He’s forgotten you already.” But the tree couldn’t forget and asked the breeze instead. Every year, the tree would ask the migrating birds if they had seen him but the birds only laughed and said, “Forget about him! Human memories are even shorter than us. Years went by, but the boy would not return. ![]() It no longer had any branches to rustle in the breeze, but it was happy. The tree watched him leave the forest to build his new house. ![]() The tree told him, “Build a house from my branches and be happy!” The boy took the tree’s branches and loaded it into his wagon. The boy said, “I don’t even have a house and I don’t know how to raise a family!” The tree laid a branch gently on the boy’s shoulder and gave him a pat. ![]()
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