Hanging Around the Apple Tree

I wrote the following synopsis of a short story in conjunction with a submariner's dinner I attended along with my husband and good friends. As a door prize, I won a resin apple decoration to sit on a shelf in my kitchen-I opted to turn it into a short story.

Fiona Apple:

Fiona Apple was born in a small apple orchard in Lancaster County, PA.; just across the street from a fruit stand selling pumpkins, apple juice and mulling spices.

She hung around the tree until she was picked to attend a culinary school in upstate New York. She excelled and was lauded as the next Betty Crocker. She could just picture herself on cake mix boxes and such. She even went so far as to buy herself a little chef’s hat-the only ostentatious clothing she ever owned.

As time went by, she married Bouncer Apple. He came from a rich tasting family of apples located in the same orchard as her. They started a small orchard of their own-they chose to live nearby and send their little seedlings to the Apple School of Good Taste across the street, behind the fruit stand.


Bouncer Apple:

Bouncer Apple started life as an apple seed descendant of those who were carried by Johnny Appleseed. He belonged to the much touted organization of Sons of the Apples of the Past (SAP).

Bouncer first saw Fiona when she was a blossom on her family tree. It wasn’t until she developed into a sweet little fruit that he began to notice her seriously. He bided his time while she was off at culinary school.

Because he was so shiny and was picked as the Best Bobbing Apple in his high school class, he worked up the courage to ask Fiona to marry him. Fiona said yes. She absolutely adored him and they had five fine seedlings.


The Children of Fiona and Bouncer:

Because apples are prone to multiple births, Fiona and Bouncer had two sets of twins: Basket and Carmella were the first set and 24 months later came Gerald the Green and Corey. The last juicy fruit was Baby Apple Pielet.

The Cousin:

Saucy is an orphan. Both of his parents were smashed in a terrible roadside accident. They fell in front of an 18 wheeler…Saucy was smashed as well but was able to be rehabilitated into a jar of applesauce.

Adventures…more to follow
Their first adventure was visiting the Baltimore Aquarium. They took a side trip to Fort McHenry.