WEBVTT - The Little Apple Tree 

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<v Speaker 1>Hello friends, and welcome to bedtime Stories with mister Jim. Oh.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just getting ready for bed, are you as well?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh good, I hope you brushed your teeth and found

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<v Speaker 1>all of your comfy things like pillows and blankets and stuffies.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yes, oh good. Well, as long as you have

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<v Speaker 1>all those things ready, then it's time for our story.

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<v Speaker 1>But first we must close our eyes so that we

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<v Speaker 1>can travel to an imaginary world. Once upon a time,

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<v Speaker 1>in a quiet apple orchard, there lived an apple tree.

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<v Speaker 1>Every year she grew the reddest and juiciest apples in

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<v Speaker 1>the orchard. Families from all across town would come visit

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<v Speaker 1>her and pick the apples from her branches. Her apples

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<v Speaker 1>were so delicious that at the end of every season,

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<v Speaker 1>every last apple had always been picked. Every year. It

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<v Speaker 1>was the same until one apple season a windstorm hit

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<v Speaker 1>the apple orchard. A strong gust blew through her branches,

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<v Speaker 1>shaking her leaves and apples. She tried to hold on

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<v Speaker 1>to them, to save them for the happy families, but

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<v Speaker 1>the wind was just too strong. An apple fell from

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<v Speaker 1>the big apple tree, tumbling onto the grass. It rolled away,

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<v Speaker 1>settled in a soft patch of grass, hidden from the

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<v Speaker 1>orchard goers. There it laid as over time the apple

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<v Speaker 1>withered away, leaving small seeds scattered on the dirt. Relying

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<v Speaker 1>on the wind and the animals, The seeds eventually burrowed

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<v Speaker 1>their way under the cool earth, just like the mama

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<v Speaker 1>apple tree had grown years before. One of the seeds

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<v Speaker 1>began to sprout green shoots pushed their way up, up, up,

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<v Speaker 1>until they popped right out of the soil. The little

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<v Speaker 1>seed was no longer just an apple seed. It was

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<v Speaker 1>now on its way to becoming a tree. It began

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<v Speaker 1>to grow. Think if I grow just a little taller,

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<v Speaker 1>I will be higher than the grass. So the little

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<v Speaker 1>seedling sprouted tiny little roots and sent them reaching deep

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<v Speaker 1>down into the soil looking for food and water. Then

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<v Speaker 1>it stretched up tall, higher and higher than the grass.

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<v Speaker 1>From its new view, the little seedling saw bushes all around.

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<v Speaker 1>If I grow a little taller, I can see over

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<v Speaker 1>these bushes. Again, the seedling pressed its roots deep into

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<v Speaker 1>the ground, spreading them out as they became larger and sturdier.

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<v Speaker 1>Its shoots grew stronger too, and the seedling felt an

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<v Speaker 1>exciting change about to happen. It was now a sapling

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<v Speaker 1>and taller than the bushes. The sapling watched as the

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<v Speaker 1>grown up trees all around the orchard began growing apples

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<v Speaker 1>for the families who visited. When will I grow apples,

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<v Speaker 1>wondered the sapling. The wind blew a light breeze, swaying

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<v Speaker 1>the sapling and whispering, when you are ready. First, you

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<v Speaker 1>must grow big and strong. So the sapling continued to

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<v Speaker 1>grow year in and year out, becoming stronger and wider.

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<v Speaker 1>Branches appeared from its trunk and began to reach out

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<v Speaker 1>towards the other trees. The sapling grew into a young tree,

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<v Speaker 1>growing bright green leaves in the warm spring in summer air,

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<v Speaker 1>then dropping them all in the fall. Its branches rattled

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<v Speaker 1>through the winter cold, but the young tree kept growing

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<v Speaker 1>until finally it was as tall as its mama tree.

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<v Speaker 1>Springtime came again, and this time, instead of just leaves,

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<v Speaker 1>the little tree began sprouting flowers throughout its branches. Its time,

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<v Speaker 1>whispered the wind as it brushed each white and pink flower.

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<v Speaker 1>Little tree soaked up all the warm summer sun with

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<v Speaker 1>its leaves, making food for the flowers to grow. The

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<v Speaker 1>little tree received its first visitors that summer. The buzz

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<v Speaker 1>of the bumblebees vibrated through the air. Their quick wings

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<v Speaker 1>tickled the little apple tree as they landed on the flowers,

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<v Speaker 1>pollinating them so they could transform. The little apple tree

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<v Speaker 1>thought it seemed like magic that its little bee visitors

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<v Speaker 1>had the power to pollinate her flowers and change them

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<v Speaker 1>into something else. Thank you, the little apple tree called

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<v Speaker 1>out to the bees as they visited. They buzzed in response,

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<v Speaker 1>drinking the nectar from the flowers. The air began to cool.

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<v Speaker 1>The flowers were growing heavy. All around the apple orchard.

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<v Speaker 1>Flower petals were dropping from the branches of the trees.

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<v Speaker 1>The wind swept them up and away, sending flower petals

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<v Speaker 1>dancing through the air before floating back down to earth.

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<v Speaker 1>Here they come, the wind whispered to the little apple

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<v Speaker 1>tree as its first apples began to grow. The sweet

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<v Speaker 1>smell of fruit filled the air. As all of the

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<v Speaker 1>blossoms in the orchard turned to apples, The little trees

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<v Speaker 1>apples were red, just like Mahma's tree. A little tree

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<v Speaker 1>was proud as it watched the apples on its branches

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<v Speaker 1>grow bigger and rounder. This is hard work, thought the

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<v Speaker 1>little apple tree. Is it strained to hold all of

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<v Speaker 1>the heavy apples on its branches. The cold air of

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<v Speaker 1>fall stayed all day and all night. It was now

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<v Speaker 1>time for the families to return to the apple orchard.

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<v Speaker 1>A little tree waded in excitement all night, hoping that

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<v Speaker 1>families would like its apples. The sun rose sleepily over

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<v Speaker 1>the hills that morning, bringing with it the first wave

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<v Speaker 1>of people. They filtered through the orchard, picking golden, delicious

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<v Speaker 1>and granny smiths on their way over towards the red

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<v Speaker 1>apple trees. Then the families all went to Mame tree first,

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<v Speaker 1>picking her prized apples and putting them in their bags.

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<v Speaker 1>A girl noticed the little apple tree. Wow, look at

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<v Speaker 1>these apples. She plucked two bright juicy ones from the

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<v Speaker 1>little trees branches. She wiped one off a bit. The

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<v Speaker 1>apple made a loud crunch, and the girls smiled. She

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<v Speaker 1>tasted the sweet juicy apple that the little tree had grown. Wow. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>my friends, I hope you all have a very great

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<v Speaker 1>sleep and very sweet dreams. I'll see you next time. Friends.

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<v Speaker 1>Good night,