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http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/Giving-Tree-Lesson-Plans.html

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The Actual '73 Giving Tree Movie Spoken By Shel Silverstein

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Stage 6: The boy and the tree are together again. One old and sad and the other just a stump.

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Stage 5: The tree has no trunk

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Stage 4: The tree has no branches.

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Stage 3: The tree has no apples.

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Stage 2: The boy grows older and carves his and his girlfriend's initials into the tree.

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Stage 1: The tree and the boy are happy and playing.

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One character who was not given a name in the book was the boy's girlfriend who may have later became his wife.

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The boy was young and he played with the tree every day. He would take her leaves to make them into crowns to play "King of the Forest". He climbed and swung on the tree as well as ate her apples. They played hide and go seek and he slept in her shade. The boy was happy and loved the tree.

"And the tree was happy."

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The boy grew older and did not play with the tree. When the boy came to the tree, the tree asked the boy to play and eat her apples but they boy said he was too big to play. The boy wanted money to buy things so he asked the tree for money. The tree offered to let the boy take her apples to sell so that he would be happy. The boy took all of her apples.

"And the tree was happy."

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The boy grew even older and went back to the tree. Again, the tree asked to play. The boy, who is now a man, said he is too busy to play. The boy said that he wanted a wife and children so he would need a house. He asked if the tree could give him a house. The tree offered up her branches to build a house so the boy would be happy. The boy cut off all of her branches to build his house.

"And the tree was happy."

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The boy was gone for a long time and returned, an elderly man. The tree was so happy and, again, asked the boy to play. The boy said he was too old and sad to play but what he really wanted was a boat to go far away. He asked the tree if she could give him a boat. The tree offered her trunk so he could make a boat, sail away, and be happy. The boy cut down her trunk and she was left, a stump.

"And the tree was happy."
(But not really)

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After a long time, the boy, an elderly man, was back. The tree told him she had nothing left to give. The boy said he didn't need anything except a quiet place to sit and rest. She offered her stump as a place for him to sit and he did.

"And the tree was happy."

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The main characters in this book are the tree (the giving tree) and the boy.