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Think and Answer :
1. How does this story teach us contentment?
2. Why couldn’t the young tree be like the other trees in
his orchard?
3. What lesson do you learn from the young tree?
4. How did the young tree get to actually know itself
and what is your learning from it?
Glossary:
1. Disappoint:Thefailuretosatisfyanyhope,desireorexpectation.
2. Orchard: An allotted area to specifically cultivate fruit bearing
trees.
3. Bustle: (here) Full of.
4. Retreat:(here)Changeddirection.
Illustration : A. Bharath, Class X, 2020-21 (Adapted from the story Apple Tree by Colleen Joy)
“A happy disposition is a state which percolates its effect upon the lower layers and purifies them.”
- Pujya Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj
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