Short story
Five years have gone and this time he looked like a corpse. But tree was even worse, this tree use to be the tree of live and now it doesn't look like three anymore. The man said to the tree that he lost his home and winter is coming. At least he needed warmth, the tree had nothing left to give. The last time the man came asking for help and, the tree gave him branches and what's left of tree was nothing but big trunk.
The first time the man have gotten all the apples on the tree when he came back for food. After three years once again the man came back searching something to sell to buy a house. The tree gave him a gold leaves of his own.
But the man still came back and this time he wanted to build a house for his children. So, the tree gave him branches. At last the tree gave its live to the man for warmth. As the man was chopping the tree he realized his mother will never be there for him anymore and the first time he realized how important his mom was. His mom gave him everything she had to her son despite getting nothing back from him.
Sorry about the english it's not my first language