爱心树

《爱心树》是一个由一棵有求必应的苹果树和一个贪求不厌的孩子，共同组成的温馨，又略带哀伤的动人故事。爱心树的英文“TheGivingTree”，顾名思义便是牺牲奉献的意思，但它亦是一本述说友谊的书。树并未因为男孩的予取予求感到难过，即使后来只剩下残干的他，是那么凄凉孤寂，但当男孩回到他身边只求一个安静的歇脚处时，树竟是满欣喜乐将自己奉献给他，这样的喜悦比起男孩小时在树上刻的“M.E.+T.”那些甜蜜文字，更令他感到真切舒心。天才的绘本艺术家希尔弗斯坦以简单俐落的线条和充满诗意又带有嘲讽幽默的文字，为各个年龄的读者创造了一则令人心醒动容的寓言——在施与受之间，也在爱与被爱之间。

本书是世界绘本的经典作品之一，出版30年来，一直是绘本世界的著名典范，历久不衰，魅力惊人，销量超过600万册。这是一个由一棵有求必应的苹果树和一个贪求不厌的孩子，共同组成的温馨，又略带哀伤的动人故事。爱心树的英文 “The Giving Tree”，顾名思义便是牺牲奉献的意思，但它亦是一本述说友谊的书。树并未因为男孩的予取予求感到难过，即使后来只剩下残干的他，是那么凄凉孤寂，但当男孩回到他身边只求一个安静的歇脚处时，树竟是满欣喜乐将自己奉献给他，这样的喜悦比起男孩小时在树上刻的 “M.E. + T.”那些甜蜜文字，更令他感到真切舒心。天才的绘本艺术家希尔弗斯坦以简单俐落的线条和充满诗意又带有嘲讽幽默的文字，为各个年龄的读者创造了一则令人心醒动容的寓言——在施与受之间，也在爱与被爱之间。

作者简介：
谢尔是享誉世界的艺术天才，集诗人、插画家、漫画家、剧作家、作曲家、乡村歌手、吉他弹奏者于一身。
他从未学习过绘画，但他的第一部绘本《向后开枪的狮子》一经问世，便轰动不已，显示出他非凡的创作天赋。接下去的绘本《爱心树》是他全球影响最大的作品，迄今为止，仍是绘本世界的典范，总销量超过550万册。诗集绘本《人行道的尽头》、《向上跌了一跤》是《纽约时报》、美国图书馆推荐给孩子们的杰出儿童读物。谢尔屡屡创造出让人意外的奇迹，他在《失落的一角》和《失落的一角遇见大圆满》中，以极其简单的线条和文字留给人们无尽的思考。这本《阁楼上的光》是美国最有国际影响的儿童书之一，它曾经连续182周位居《纽约时报》排行榜，创造了当时的排行新记录。 谢尔也是一位著名的词曲作家，作品有Johnny Cash主唱的《一个叫苏的男孩》。他为电影《明信片的边缘》所作的歌曲I'm checkingOut获得第63届奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲奖提名。他还因《人行道的尽头》这部唱片获得1984年格莱美最佳儿童唱片奖。 他还是一个优秀的剧作家。他和大卫·梅米特共同创作了电影剧本《世事变化》，这部电影由大卫·梅米特导演，乔·曼特纳主演，获得第45届威尼斯电影节最佳男主角奖。

谢尔·希尔弗斯坦是享誉世界的艺术天才，集诗人、插画家、漫画家、剧作家、作曲家、乡村歌手、吉他弹奏者于一身。 他从未学习过绘画，但他的第一部绘本《向后开枪的狮子》一经问世，便轰动不已，显示出他非凡的创作天赋。接下去的绘本《爱心树》是他全球影响最大的作品，迄今为止，仍是绘本世界的典范，总销量超过550万册。诗集绘本《人行道的尽头》、《向上跌了一跤》是《纽约时报》、美国图书馆推荐给孩子们的杰出儿童读物。谢尔屡屡创造出让人意外的奇迹，他在《失落的一角》和《失落的一角遇见大圆满》中，以极其简单的线条和文字留给人们无尽的思考。这本《阁楼上的光》是美国最有国际影响的儿童书之一，它曾经连续182周位居《纽约时报》排行榜，创造了当时的排行新记录。
谢尔也是一位著名的词曲作家，作品有Johnny Cash主唱的《一个叫苏的男孩》。他为电影《明信片的边缘》所作的歌曲I'm checkingOut获得第63届奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲奖提名。他还因《人行道的尽头》这部唱片获得1984年格莱美最佳儿童唱片奖。 他还是一个优秀的剧作家。他和大卫·梅米特共同创作了电影剧本《世事变化》，这部电影由大卫·梅米特导演，乔·曼特纳主演，获得第45届威尼斯电影节最佳男主角奖。

The Giving Tree, By Shel Silverstein Once there was a tree . . . and she loved a little boy.
And every day the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns 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. And the boy loved the tree . . . very much. And the tree was happy.
But time went by.
The boy grew older, and the tree was often alone. Then one day the boy came to the tree And the tree said, "Come, Boy, come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and eat my apples and play in my shade and 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?"
"I’m sorry," said the tree, "but I have no money.
I have only leaves and apples.
Take my apples, Boy, and sell them in the city.　Then you will have money and you will be happy." And so the boy climbed up the tree and gathered her apples and carried them away.
And the tree was happy.
But the boy stayed away for a long time . . . and the tree was sad. ......
And after a long time the boy came back again, "I am sorry Boy," said the tree, "but I have nothing left to give you- my apples are gone." "My teeth are too weak for apples," said the boy.
"My branches are gone," said the tree. "You cannot swing on them-" "I am too old to swing on branches," said the boy. "My trunk is gone," said the tree. "You cannot climb-" "I am too tired to climb," said the boy. "I am sorry," sighed the tree.
"I wish that I could give you something…
but I have nothing left. I am just an old stump. I am sorry…"
"I don’t need very much now," said the boy, "just a quiet place to sit and rest. I am very tired."
"Well," said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could,
"Well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting.
Come boy, sit down. Sit down and rest."
And the boy did.
And the tree was happy.
The End.
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