-My+reading+a+poem

= Click below & follow along with the //Giving Tree// by Shel Silverstein: =

media type="file" key="thegivingtree2.mp3" width="240" height="20" Once there was a tree.... and she loved a little boy. ** (pause) **

And everyday the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns and play king of the forest. ** (pause) **

He would climb up her trunk and swing from her branches and eat apples. ** (pause) **

And they would play hide-and-go-seek. ** (pause) **

And when he was tired, ** (short pause) **

he would sleep in her shade. ** (pause) **

And the boy loved the tree.... very much. ** (pause) **

And the tree was happy. ** (pause) **

But time went by. ** (pause) **

<span style="background-color: #e5ebe4; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">And the boy grew older. ** (pause) **

<span style="background-color: #e5ebe4; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">And the tree was often alone.