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Write about two characters going apple picking.

Posted in Fall on Oct 26, 2022

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The Core of My Apple Heart

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When they first met me, it was obvious I wasn't like other girls. At my age, they'd always talk about guys at school. But I was more interested in my apple trees. My passionate interest didn't last very long when one day, I saw him. It was your typical sunny afternoon on a Wednesday, where people would come to purchase my sweet, crisp apples. I liked the weekdays, when it wasn't so busy because everyone was either at school or work. I made sure the apples on display shined like diamonds, wiping each of them carefully and thoroughly. Since t...

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Adam Pearmain

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Gabriel stood on his toes, reaching for the dangling shiny treasure just grazing his fingertips. “Godwin will like this one,” He smiled at the prize, now in his hand. The breeze rustled the trees, the orchard was lovely with its colors. The sun gave a small relief from the chill, warm enough when you stood in its light. Gabriel loved this time of year, loved it when the air was colder but the homes were warmer. Summer was so balmy and the rain never seemed to end. The winter was too harsh and raw, unforgiving to anyone’s comfort. The Spring ...

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An Apple Is An Apple

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Larry and Janice at the apple farm again. Just a short drive down the highway from Cincinnati...a big farm.Janice grabs a coat, a sweater, and insists in taking their own ladder.Larry puts on his red flannel and is ready to go."Why do you want to put the ladder in for?" asks Larry."Why not be prepared?" responds Janice."Prepared for what? Do you think you're gon'na climb up in an apple tree?"But Janice was a go-getter. So in the ladder went."You never know," says Janice. "You never know."Larry heard that argument many times before, if you ca...

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That Time I Fell Out Of A Tree

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Autumn has finally arrived, and my grandpa’s apple orchard is bustling with customers clad in brown jackets, jeans, and scarves. A hundred or so people run along the dirt paths of the orchard, placing apples into bags that my grandma had sewn herself. My grandpa takes pride in the fact that his orchard has been the hotspot of the fall season for many years. I take pride in the fact that I, being related to him, get to have all the free apples I want. After struggling to find a parking spot, my friend Kai and I run up to my grandparents’ hou...

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Apple Picking With Bart

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Apple Picking With Bart The teacher had assigned pairs of students to go apple picking. They weren’t allowed to select their own partners. Heather Gallant knew that she would get stuck with Bart O’Hara. She just knew it and sure enough that’s what happened. “I can’t believe that I got stuck with that loser.” She was complaining to her best friend Michelle Darnell who just smirked. She had landed the most popular boy in class, Derek Vance. “Well, just ditch him.” “Oh, right, ditch the guy that has a disability. &...

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Rights of a Dragonborn pt. 1

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The loud humming rang through the tall temple, from the airways came rushing heat and gusts of hot winds. "He shall be born!" A deep voice proclaimed. "From the fires of darkness, he will rise and come proclaim his greatness, his beauty, his wishes. He will take down fires with hot breath, destroying everything in his path. He will become one with the nature inside him controlling his tongue, to bend on his will." The loud and deep voice echoed through the silence of the tall temples. "He will be feared, he will be great, and he will rule ov...

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Among the Honey Crisps & Ginger Golds

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Among the Honey Crisps & Ginger Golds By: Scarlet A. Wolfheart I picked Alley up on a cool crisp Autumn day. She was dressed in a big comfy sweater and leggings that fit all her curves right. She had left her hair down and flowing in the breeze. I am always so surprised by how she could take my breath away. Her beautiful auburn hair flowing down her back glistening in the early morning sunshine. Jumping out of the truck I go around and open the door for her, and she gives me one of those beautiful smiles of hers and it makes my heart f...

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My happy place

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I knew going to the apple orchard would get me in trouble, but I had to see it one more time. Alan wouldn’t let me go back once he married mom and I had to be there one more time, before I couldn’t anymore.I shivered slightly as the cool October wind blew through my flannel, fall was here, and apples were in season. The Pennsylvania apple orchard was my favorite place, ever. The rows upon rows of beautiful trees, the colors falling from the branches, the soothing sound of the small creek that ran alongside the honey crisps.It was perfect her...

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It's Sweet

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"I think it's sweet." peyton said suddenly out of the blue. "what is?!" I asked anxiously and curiously. "that your family takes care of the apple orchard in town." He answered while examining a pink lady apple. "oh." I let my shoulders drop in disappointment. We continued picking apples quietly for a bit, but then I had the urge to break the silence. "I am thankful really.""who said you weren't?" silence. "you must think this is funny don't you?""what's there to laugh at? you love apples.""yes but not more than I love baking.'' Peyton then ...

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Lou

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This story is most unusual; it starts with two birds one is Blue Jay Jane and the other is Robin Ruby. Now these birds are like no other birds they are seed farmers and they have a problem."What kind of seeds should we plant this season Ruby?" asked Jane. "Hmm lets do Sunflowers this year." "But what about those nasty crow brothers Crip and Crop surely they will try to steal their favorite seeds from us." Jane was right that the crow brother's would come but Ruby was determined to grow sunflower seeds that year."Then how about we plant ...

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The Grandfather Tree

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The two boys walked towards the remains of a once much bigger orchard. Only a few of the trees still produced apples. One of those fruitful trees was the one they were headed for. One of the boys, Tim, called it the grandfather tree. His friend, Emerson wanted to learn all about it, and why he had given it that name The field and the farmhouse beside it had been in Tim’s family for generations. It would soon be so no longer. Emerson’s family had just purchased farmhouse and field. For Tim’s grandfather, wh...

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It all happened because Carson rammed into a tree

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(This is a collaborative story with my friend NabilaTheGreat InTheCorner, it’s the same story told from two different perspectives.) Today was a lovely day, and so it was! Because today I was going to pick apples with Carson. I got up in the morning and did the usual, brushed my teeth, combed my hair, and put on a grey shirt with overalls. I prepared a water bottle, and I was ready to go. Well, ready to wait for Carson that was. We had set a time of nine o’clock but the guy came at two past nine! After a quick chastising, I hopped in ...

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Light

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"Julian""Julian""JULIAN"If this man ignores me one more time I swear I'll... "What do you want, Monica?"Julian seems exasperated. I'm not sure why, as he's been the one ignoring me all morning. HE drags ME to the apple orchard and now he's sulking? I was perfectly content lounging on the couch with a hot mug of tea, rose infused black tea of course, and wasting away this brisk October day. But not Julian. Forever the active extrovert. He just HAD to get out of apartment.It's a beautiful day, Mon, look at the sky! We still have time to get to...

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You, Me and an Apple Tree

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“Grandma, Grandma, come on!” The chipper voice of my granddaughter, Elena, coos from a few yards ahead. I can’t help but smile as I watch her skip and twirl as she gleefully explores the orchard that has captivated my heart for so long. Her golden curls bounce with youthful exuberance as she wanders further and further ahead. I struggle to keep up, the natural landscape proving far more daunting than I remember. As my weathered joints do their best to carry me across the rolling hills, I watch my granddaughter fondly. “Grandma, look, here ar...

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Three Hours at the Orchard

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"Picking our food off of trees? What are we amish now?...No. No, I don't think we're supposed to do this. I don't like this" David huffed gesturing around the orchard.Sarah yanked a dark red apple off of a branch and with a huff turned back towards David. "My God. This isn't torture, it's supposed to be fun David. Remember what that's like?" she said with an eye roll."Fun? FUN?" David retorted, "There is nothing fun about manual labor.""Manual labor?! David, it's apple picking." Sarah said while turning back around and picking another apple ...

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