The Giving Tree Quotes

“He would climb up her trunk and swing from her branches and eat apples.”

“I don’t need very much now.”

“I wish that I could give you something . . .
but I have nothing left.”

“Then you can sail away . . .
and be happy.”

“I want a boat that will take me far away from here.”

“I am too old and sad to play.”

″‘Come, Boy,’ she whispered, ‘come and play.‘”

“And the tree was happy . . .”

“Then you will have money and you will be happy.”

″‘I am too big to climb and play,’ said the boy. ‘I want to buy things and have fun. I want some money. Can you give me some money?‘”

“And every day the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and play king of the forest.”

“And they would play hide and go seek and when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade.”

Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.

“And the boy loved the tree . . . very much. And the tree was happy.”

″You may cut off my branches and build a house. Then you will be happy.”