"THERE was once a farmer who had worked in the fields all his life.
Every year he had ploughed and planted and harvested, and no one
else had raised such fine crops as he. It seemed as if he needed
to only touch the corn to have it yellow and ripen upon the ear, or lay
his hand upon the rough bark of a tree to be sure that the blossoms
would show and the branches hang low with fruit."
APPLE-SEED JOHN
C. S. B. Adapted from the legends associated with John Chapman.