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Johnny
Appleseed
Grade 1 - Woodward Academy Primary School,
Atlanta, Georgia
Folktale retold by Ms. Brewster's First Grade
Woodward Academy Primary School, Atlanta, Georgia
John Chapman was born on September 26,
1774 in Leonminster, Massachusetts. On the day he
was born the apple trees were full of apples. As he
grew up, his family picked apples and used them. They made
excellent applesauce. They made apple
pies. They made apple cider. They made
vinegar. They made apple jelly. They
made apple butter. John loved to play in the apple orchards.
He made animal friends in the orchards and in the woods. John fed
the raccoons. John fed apples to the
deer. He fed the rabbits, wolves, birds and beavers.
John fed the apples to the bobcats. John fed apples
to the chipmunks. John fed the
squirrels apples.
When John grew up, he left home to go into the
wilderness. He wore a cooking pot for his hat and carried a sack
full of apple seeds. As he traveled, he cleared the land and
gave the seeds for the other pioneers to plant. The
seeds would grow into apple trees. He made friends
wherever he went. The Indians became his friends and
took care of him when he got sick.
The people who knew John called him "Johnny Appleseed." He was
very kind and quiet. He would help the pioneers
build their homes. He taught them how to plant their gardens and
orchards. The people would eat the apples from his
trees. The children loved to listen to John's
adventures. He told wonderful yarns and stories from
the Bible. The people wanted him to stay with them. Johnny said
that he lived like "The King of the Wilderness." He
went into the forest that he loved. Through his travels he would
visit his old friends.
One of the stories the people remembered was Johnny sleeping in a
treetop hammock talking with the birds. He snored
like z…z…z….z .
It was said the Johnny found a hurt wolf and kept
him for a pet.
Johnny grew old. In his seventies he could no longer
do the work that he loved. In March of 1845, Johnny became sick
for the first time in his life. He found shelter in a settler
cabin. He died three days later.
Even though he died, the legends and stories were told over and
over again by the people. Look at the apple trees. Think of Johnny
Appleseed's name!
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