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Once there were three trees on a hill. the tree on the left said: "I want to become a treasure chest and hold beautiful objects of great value". The tree on the right said: "I want to become a great sailing ship that will conquor oceans and carry great kings". The tree in the middle said: "I never want to be cut down. I want to keep growing so that when people look at me they will keep looking up and think of God".
One day three woodsman came. "I shall cut down this tree. Its wood will make for a fine treasue chest." Hooray, said the tree on the left. My dream has come true. "The wood of this tree is very hard, said the second woodsman. It will stand the waves of the ocean sea". My dream has also come true said the tree on the right. The tree in the middle was greatly saddend. It did not want to be cut down. "I do not have a use for this tree, but I will cut it down for stock. said the third woodsman.
When the tree on the left was taken to the carpenter's shop he was horrified when the carpenter made him into a feed box for animals in a barn. The tree on the right was also dismayed when he was made into a row boat. The middle tree was cut into planks and piled up. One night as the tree on the left was pondering his fate, a light shone from on high and a woman laid a baby in him that Three Kings came to worship. "I hold great treasure that even Kings kneel to and the world is brought great joy at the birth of this child" said the tree on the left. Some years later after being miserable at the daily task of being filled with smelly dead fish, the tree on the right was terrified by the storm that was tossing it. One of the men in the boat stood and said "peace". The storm stopped and the sea was made calm. "I carry a man who can still the ocean. He is greater than any king". Not long after that, the tree in the middle was startled when soldiers grabbed him and crossing his boards nailed a man to him with a sign above his head that read; "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews".