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The Apple Tree Inside of Me
By Eloise Power
Balboa Press
Copyright © 2012 Eloise Power
All right reserved. ISBN: 978-1-4525-5522-5
Chapter One
There once was an apple tree growing inside of me. I guess you're wondering how this came to be? Well listen closely and you will see....
It all started at school, on this fateful day, while I was mucking around, during lunch time play.
From pillar to post, I would swing, not a care about anything.
With an apple in my mouth and post in my hand Laughing and smiling with friends was grand. Not thinking about a care in the world, I swung on the pole, as I twisted and twirled.
Then all of a sudden, I bit a little too hard, and one of the seeds went down, way too far. I coughed and I spluttered to get the seed out, but alas, it went down in my tummy no doubt.
Without any time waisted, I tripped over my feet with dirt in my mouth, it did not taste sweet. I had to find water to wash out my mouth, It trickled into my tummy, way down south.
I went home that night feeling quite peculiar, my tummy made noises, which were not familiar. I woke in the morning, with a tickle in my throat, I ran out the door and grabbed my coat.
(Continues...)
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