The children from 8 to 11 years
present...
What tree are you?
Today we are in a splendid garden
and our story begins with four trees.
Do these trees all look the same to you?
Are they all fruitful?
But above all,
why one of them is happy
one is sad,
one is angry and one is worried?
Can you answer all these questions? No?
Don't worry
because now they will be giving us all the answers.
What a beautiful day! There's a wonderful sunshine!
Yeah, sure. So beautiful that we'll get a sunstroke!
What are you talking about? We trees cannot get sunstroke.
You'll see what beautiful leaves and fruits we'll get!
By the way, what tree are you?
Where are your fruits?
Fruits? Who wants fruits!
I'm fine like this: I have beautiful leaves!
And why don't you want to bear fruit?
Simple: the farmer came and...
he wanted to make me drink that stinky manure,
but I did not drink it!
Didn't you?
I did, and I also had myself treated!
I see. You look bruised and worried!
But I'm not worried about that,
I worry because the farmer will come back to see
if I have borne some beautiful fruit!
Yeah, sure.
What about you, why are you sad?
Do you want some more fertilizer?
Don't be kidding!
I'm sad
because I think I haven't borne much fruit
not because of the farmer's care, but for my fault.
Listen, I really don't care.
The farmer can come whenever he wants,
he has to make do with the leaves, that's it!
Oh come on, don't say that.
The farmer cares a lot about us
that's why he takes care of us in every way.
The ways, you say,
let's talk about them:
the last time he arrived with a hoe,
it hurt me terribly!
Pretty nice ways, eh!
But the hoe is to move the soil
close to our roots, to fertilize it better.
The farmer is doing everything he can to make us bear fruit.
But I didn't ask him and he does what he wants,
and so will I: only leaves!
You know that you remind me of the parable
of the barren fig tree that is written in the Bible?
Barren fig tree? You're really mad at me then!
No, come on, what are you talking about? Listen to the parable and you'll understand.
Parable of the barren fig tree
Jesus spoke this parable:
«A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard,
and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard,
Behold, these three years
I come seeking fruit on this fig tree,
and find none: cut it down;
why cumbereth it the ground?
And he answering said unto him,
Lord, let it alone this year also,
till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
And if it bear fruit, well.
and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
There, I knew it, you're mad at me
and you also want to scare me!
On the contrary, we want to help you!
If you get treated by the farmer
you too will be able to bear fruit and you won't be cut off!
It's easy for you to speak:
you have cedars, grapes and olives!
Yes, it's true, but even if we have borne fruit,
we must take care that our fruit is good
and not bad.
That as well? How can you live like this?!
You see, dear Fig tree,
you live thinking you can do whatever you want
without having to answer to anyone.
But you forget who created you and also cared for you!
And if you think about it, by bearing fruit
we simply do what we were created for.
There are many stories about us trees in the Bible
for example the one that tells of the dove
who brought an olive leaf to Noah:
from that leaf
he understood that the waters had receded from the earth
and the flood had stopped.
And there are also many verses
where we are taken as an example:
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree:
he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (Psalm 92:12).
Jesus himself says he is a tree:
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
(John 15:1).
What about the fig tree? It is written that it is sterile!
Yes, it's true, but it's just an example
all trees must bear fruit.
And we hope you can do it too.
And that you let the farmer take care of you!
Narrator: sis Deborah Lyrics and music: sis Erica and sis Corinna