Johnny Appleseed ( An American Folktale)


An apple tree full of apples

                                                  
This is the  story of  an American folk hero John Chapman. People gave him the nick name Johnny Appleseed  because he introduced and planted apple trees throughout the American Midwest.
John Chapman was born on 26 September 1774 in a small town of America. He was the second child of his parents.
 John took his training as a nurseryman under Mr.Crawford who inspired him to plant apple trees.
''How wonderful it would be if there are apple trees everywhere for everyone.'' John thought.
 He decided to fulfill his wish.

Johnny Appleseed holding old sack full of appleseeds  and cooking pot on the head
                                                
John left his home with a cooking pot on his head and an old coffee sack filled with apple seeds.
He wandered across the country barefoot. Whenever he found a suitable place he planted apple seeds there.
''There will be enough apples for everybody, no one will die of hunger.'' The noble hearted John wanted everyone to eat apples.

He walked from place to place, town to town and planted apple seeds.
"Look! He is the man who plants apple trees.", people used to exclaim happily when they  saw john.They became so fond of him and  called him Johnny Appleseed. 
                                                                                     
During his journey , Johnny Appleseed met many red Indians who  became very good friends of him. Red Indians cared for Johnny and he helped them too.

                                              
Johnny spent all his life planting apple trees. He died in 1845 at the age of 70. But he is still alive due to his kind and generous deed of planting trees for others.
                   -American folktale Retold by Aunt Mary

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18 comments:

  1. I loved the Johnny Appleseed story when we learned it in elementary school. We even sang a song about him, but all I can remember from it is, "And so I thank the Lord for giving me the things I need: the sun and the rain and the appleseed. The Lord is good to me."

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    1. Yes Susan, it is a lovely story, a lesson of kindness for all. I know about that song it is really wonderful. Thank you so much for reading ;)

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    1. You are right , the beautiful classic folklore, thank you Roberto for your kind visit:)

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  3. Beautiful story with good moral. :)

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    1. Thank you so much Ravish, I am happy that you liked the story :)

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  4. 'Johnny spent all his life planting apple trees'. How nice it is! He is still remembered for that. We have some people today planting poison all their lives...!

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    1. Yes, he was such a kind and noble man, we should learn a lesson from him. Thank you very much for your wonderful comment :)

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  5. Nice folktale, the pictures make it brighter. :-)

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    1. Welcome to my blog Sonali, thank you so much for reading and for the lovely comment :)

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  6. Lovely retold moral folktale.
    Need to appreciate you that you have the talents to write a lovely story with the corresponding picture.Thanks for sharing.
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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words, I am happy that you liked the tale :)

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  7. Whilst I have heard of Johnny Appleseed I did not the legend so thank you for sharing this.

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    1. Thanks to to you too for visiting and reading the post :)

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  8. Hello Aunt Mary ! A nice story well told ..as always :)

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