The Needle Tree

There were once two brothers who lived on the edge of a forest. The elder brother was very mean to the younger brother and ate up all the food and took all his good clothes. One day the elder brother went into the forest to find some firewood to sell in the market.

As he went around chopping the branches of tree after tree he came upon a magical tree. The tree said to him "sir please do not cut my branches if you spare me I will give you my golden apples:. The elder brother agreed but was disappointed with the number of apples given by the tree

Greed overcame him and he threatened to cut the entire trunk of the tree if the tree did not give him more apples. The magical tree instead showered upon the elder brother hundreds about hundreds of tiny bit needles. The elder brother lay on the ground crying in pain

As the sun began to lower down it's horizon the younger brother grew worried and went in search of his elder brother. He found him with hundreds of needles on his skin. He rushed to his brother and removed each needle with painstaking love.

After he finished the elder brother apologized for treating him badly and promised to be better. The tree saw the change in the elder brother heart and gave them all golden apples they could ever need.