Two bunnies, two bears, two chicks, a cow, a cat and a mouse all lived together in a field next to an apple orchard. The animals loved the apples. But every spring before the first blossom, Mr. Winesap walked over to the fence. He looked at the animals in the field and then at the apple trees. The animals watched in horror as he cut all the lower branches off, gathered them in a pile and carried them away. “Oh no,” cried the cow, “Now we will never get to eat the apples.” The cat had an idea, “Let’s make a pyramid. If some of us climb on one another’s backs or stand on one another’s shoulders, we could reach some of those apples.” They did the same until the basket was full. “That was a good idea,” the mouse said to the cat. They sat on the grass and gobbled all the apples, wiping the juice from their chins. “I love apples,” said the chicks.
Reaching for the Sky
