Story 3
‘THE TRAVELERS
AND THE PLANE TREE’
Two men were walking
along one summer day. Soon it became too hot to go any further and, seeing a
large plane tree nearby, they threw themselves on the ground to rest in its
shade.
Gazing up into the
branches one man said to the other: “What a useless tree this is. It does not
have fruit or nuts that we can eat and we cannot even use its wood for
anything.”
“Don’t be so
ungrateful,” rustled the tree in reply. “I am being extremely useful to you at
this very moment, shielding you from the hot sun. And you call me a
good-for-nothing!”
All of
God’s creations have a good purpose. Islam teaches us that we should never be
little Allah’s blessings.
Vocabulary
Soon : segera
Nearby : dekat
Threw : menyorotkan, melemparkan
Useless : tdk berguna / tdk bermanfaat
Shielding : perisai, pelindung
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Dated: Sunday, March
20, 2005
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