Forgiveness From The Apple

The day had started peacefully as usual, away from the hustle and bustle of life in this village of Arizona. Nature lover people were busy with their daily routine, while birds had started their journey from the nests. Winds were busy with the shaking leaves of the trees, while clouds were busy playing hide and seek with the Sun in the sky.

But the only thing that was different today was the crying of a middle-aged couple.

A middle-aged couple was crying in their backyard by hugging a yellow and almost dead tree tightly.

It was difficult for anyone to recognize that yellow and almost dead tree from a little away.

But they were both crying like kids who met their parents after a long time.

Their home was too old and broken. But they were both crying for the tree only.

It could be a matter of wonder for anyone that how anyone can be so much attached to a tree.

Yeah, it could be a matter of wonder for anyone, but only they both knew the value of that tree in their lives. They were both apologizing for their mistakes over and again.

They were crying, "you gave us a lot of happiness, calmness, love, dreams, pleasure, and hopes, but We could not take care of you in return. Just because of you, we both met and spent a lot of time in your shadow. You have been the only witness of our love and affection. But we forgot you in the hustle and bustle of life. We should have kept in touch with you. But believe me, we started missing your love and affection. That's why we have come to live with you like our older days.”

"Now I am back from Afghanistan after serving seventeen years for our country, and from now we will take good care of yours day in and day out. And believe us, we will make you leafy, green, and fruitful once again, he added".

"Erica, am I right," that man asked the lady with so much love and affection.

" Yes, Greg, why not? We will spend all our time in the lap of this apple tree as we both used to spend from our childhood to our marriage," she replied with much more love and affection, seeing in his eyes.

After a long time, they both smiled and sat down near that apple tree. Suddenly they saw a butterfly flying here and there. They started remembering their old memories. They both lost thoroughly in their older days.

"Do you remember how we used to chase butterflies?" all of a sudden, Greg blurted out.

" Yes, of course. But please start from the beginning. How did we meet for the very first time?" Erica urged Greg in a sweet voice.

"Do you want to know this," Greg asked Erica with a naughty smile on his face.

“ Yeah, but why are you asking this in a naughty manner ” Erica sensed that something was suspicious.

" No, no, I was just asking this," Greg replied.

"Then tell, when did you see me for the very first time? Because our family had come to live in your neighborhood while your family had been living here for a long time, Erica asked."

" you were stealing apples from this tree."

"what ” Erica blurted out. There was an embarrassment on Erica's face in place of a smile.

“But when you made me meet with your mother, I had not stolen any apples,” Erica said in her support.

"But it was the third time when you had entered our backyard silently. I had to lie that we were friends and I had invited you. Before this, I saw you two times plucking apples from this tree. But I didn't say anything to you. Because I liked the way you ran away from our backyard with stolen apples silently, you looked so much cute at that moment, Greg said smiling.

"But no problem, we all do something like this in our childhood days because in childhood our priority is to save ourselves and save our companions too. It's okay, don't feel shame about this. I never told this before because I knew you would feel awkward about it. But when you forced me, I had to reveal this," Greg said.

" I used to be very shy. That's why I couldn't ask anyone for anything," Erica could say only this in her support because she had no option to accept all her childish behaviors.

"You used to be not only shy but also cute," Greg smiled loudly.

Erica smiled too in reply, remembering her older days and childish innocence.

Now they both started spending most of the time taking care of that apple tree. Sometimes they felt very courageous but, when they saw no results of their hard work, they felt sorrowful.

Sometimes Greg started crying by saying, "please forgive me the apple, you used to make me laugh when I was little. When I started crying, my mother installed a swing with the help of a basket on your branch, and she put me into the basket, and I started laughing.

It had been two weeks doing hard work. One morning Greg saw a few leaflets on the apple tree when he was watering. As soon as he saw those leaflets, he started dancing with joy by singing," the apple forgave us, the apple forgave us.

Erica also came out by hearing Greg's unconventional song. She also started dancing and singing with Greg like in the older days.

They both blurted out while dancing," the apple forgave us, and that day is not far away when this apple tree will be green, leafy, and fruitful.

They both kept dancing and singing until they fell, saying," we got forgiveness from the apple. We got forgiveness from the apple ".