很喜欢台湾作家龙应台在《目送》中说过的一段话：我慢慢地、慢慢地了解到，所谓父女母子一场，只不过意味着，你和他的缘分就是今生今世不断地目送他的背影渐行渐远。你站立在小路的这一端，看着他逐渐消失在小路转弯的地方，而且，他用背影默默告诉你：不必追。
父母给了孩子生命，甘愿为孩子遮风挡雨，创造温暖天地。不辞辛苦，努力工作，就为了孩子能坐在一个安静舒适的教室学习；寒冬酷暑，不介意出去再做一份短工，想着至少也能给孩子买几本参考书；新上市的肉品、蔬菜，挑来捡去，思考着怎么才能给孩子补充到营养；有时候忙到自己生了病也顾不上……
An apple tree 这一故事有着很多的版本。在网络上也可以找到各种各样的相关视频。有的是绘本故事，有的是卡通动画，有的甚至演绎成了流行歌曲。我想不论是哪种版本，其中有一条是亘古不变的，那就是这伟大的父母对子女的爱，主题都在讲述从孩子出生那一刻起，父母就开始了无怨无悔的付出，把自己能拥有的最好的东西都给了孩子，能让他们成长，心甘情愿，不求回报。
父母给与了我们生命，养育着我们成长，努力地打拚、只为着我们今后能够有着更广阔的平台去发展，有着更精彩的人生去体验。而作为子女，我想我们不仅要心怀感恩，而且要积极地行动起来。那么，陪伴在父母身边的您，马上站起身来，给父母一个拥抱；与父母相隔遥遥的您，马上拿起手机，一个电话，一句问候，将满心的思念、千里的情牵告知父母。
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An apple tree.
A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and lay around it every day. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, 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 don't play around trees anymore." The boy replied, "I want toys. I need money to buy them." "Sorry, but I don't 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 returned and the tree was so excited. "Come and play with me," the tree said. "I don't have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?""Sorry, but I don't have a house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house." So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted. "Come and play with me!" the tree said. "I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?" "Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy." So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time. The tree was happy, but it was not true.
Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. "Sorry, my boy. But I don't have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you..." the tree said.
"I don't have teeth to bite," the boy replied.
"No more trunk for you to climb on."
"I am too old for that now," the boy said.
"I really can't give you anything ... the only thing left is my dying roots," the tree said with tears.
"I don't need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years." The boy replied.
"Good! Old tree roots is the best place to lean on and rest. Come, Come sit down with me and rest." The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears ...
