Once there was an old man. He lived in a little house. He was kind and helpful. He loved people and people loved him

Old John liked apples. He ate apples and saved all the seeds and put them into a bag.

One day, Old John locked the door of his little house and went away. He carried a bag of apple seeds on his back. All summer he planted the apple seeds along the roads.

Fine trees grew from the seeds which he planted. Every autumn they gave many apples. People often stopped to eat some apples and to sit under the beautiful apple trees. They all thanked Old Apple-Seed John.