The Giving Tree Quotes

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

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

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

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

“I am too old and sad to play.”

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

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

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

″‘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?‘”

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

“And the tree was happy . . .”

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

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

“I don’t need very much now.”

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