The laughing dove

Nani (grandmother) told Zuzu (her wonderful granddaughter) a story every morning at breakfast. When Nani told stories, it was like lots of people had come to eat breakfast with them.
     Nani and Zuzu lived together
(با هم زندگی می کردند) in a small village (روستا) in a valley (دره) with beautiful mountains (کوه ها) all around them.

This morning Nani told Zuzu a story about a laughing dove. Zuzu loved laughing doves. They lived in Nani's apricot trees ( درختان زردآلو ).
     Nani began:
     "Once, long, long ago ( خیلی وقت پیش ), a laughing dove lived in an apricot tree. She loved the tree's gentle ( ملایم ), white flowers in the spring. She loved her soft (نرم), bright green leaves (برگ) in the summer. The leaves loved to sing to laughing dove. Laughing dove knew her tree was the most wonderful place in the whole world ( تمام دنیا ) to live. She did not want to live anywhere else ( هر جای دیگر ). The apricot tree was laughing dove's home and best friend.
     Then there came a time ( زمانی فرا رسید ) when it didn't rain for 3 years. The hot sun fell on the apricot tree. The hot wind blew on her beautiful green leaves. Laughing dove tried to sing to her tree to give her hope. But the tree's beautiful leaves became brown and fell ( افتادن ) to the ground. Still, laughing dove loved her dear tree and sang to her and told her not to be afraid ( ترسیده).
     The other birds told laughing dove she must find (باید پیدا کرد) a new tree to be her home. But laughing dove would not leave her apricot tree.

The marmots
( مارموت ها ) told laughing dove she would die (برای مردن) from the hot sun if she did not find a new tree. But the laughing dove did not leave her tree.  Instead ( بجای ), she flew ( برای پرواز ) around and around the tree to keep her cool ( سرد ). And laughing dove laughed every day to make her tree feel happy.
     After 3 years, it began to rain again. Little green leaves appeared ( ظاهر شدن ) on the apricot tree. Then came little white blossoms ( شکوفه های سفید ). And, finally, the apricot tree had sweet, beautiful fruit.
     Everyone said she was the most beautiful and strong tree of all the trees because laughing dove never stopped ( هیچگاه توقف نکن ) loving her.