Kids Books: BAD APPLE: A Tale of Friendship Read Aloud for Kids. It’s a tale of friendship against all odds! Mac finds his perfect friend in Will. Trouble is, Will is a WORM, so all the other apples bully Mac & call him a BAD Apple. Will the friendship survive? KidTime StoryTime reads!
Written and illustrated by our pal Edward Hemingway, who is definitely a good apple 🍏
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Nope, I don’t see anything. ~ Me neither. Oh, hey Kid! We’re just trying to figure out something here. Uh, nope nope. Shiny… Red… Looks happy.
Nope, nothing bad about this apple. I don’t see it! Uh, StoryTeller, I also do not see anything wrong with this apple. Look. It is shiny, it has a big happy face, And it almost looks like the Apple wants to hug me. So uh maybe the title is a mistake. Okay. Okay thank you, Doug the DinosaurÂ
and Red Bear. I mean I don’t think  That title is a mistake because,Â
well, titles are never a mistake. Oh no! For sure this title is not a mistake. Abuela Bear! Okay what doÂ
you know that I don’t know? Well, I knew the grandfather of this writer.
Really?! You knew Ernest Hemingway?! Oh yes, and I know that he wasÂ
very very smart. So I know that  His Grandson – this writer – is alsoÂ
very very smart. But also I am confused. Why? Because that clearly looks likeÂ
a very good Happy Shiny Apple. AY! Oh I know it can be confusing when theÂ
picture says one thing, but the title says Bad Apple. Bad. I mean, usually we’reÂ
able to see when something is bad, right? I feel like you’re talking about me Nope Anyway, there must be some surprise inside,  And you and I are going to getÂ
to the bottom of it. So let’s go! Let’s see what this bad apple…Â
and it’s a tale of friendship so It can’t be bad. It’s hard to makeÂ
friends if you’re bad, right? Unless…. Unless you hang out with other bad people! That’s right! HEH-HEH-HEH She’s always alone, so I don’t think so. IÂ
don’t think that works either. Okay, here we go. Mac was a good apple. Okay everybody,  Did you hear that? It’s a good apple.Â
It’s a Mac – probably a Macintosh apple. Look at that – so red and shiny and happy-looking. He shared his toys with otherÂ
apples, like a good apple does,  Helped Granny Smith pick up after art class. Ohhh! Oh, we call her Abuela Smith. That Abuela Bear! And Mac loved to dive fearlessly into the watering holesÂ
Look at that idyllic setting. OnÂ
a sunny day, Mac could bob for hours… Oh yeah because apples – they’re famous forÂ
their bobbing abilities. Maybe you’ve heard. On cloudy days, Mac would search forÂ
the perfect pillow of green grass and take a long nap. Look at this.Â
Could this be any more perfect? That soft green grass and thisÂ
winding path and the clouds are  Hanging low over the mountains and there are trees And the temperature is exactlyÂ
that perfect temperature that you love?  That’s the temperature in this place. In his dreams, it was always sunny. But oneÂ
day as Mac lay sleeping it began to rain. Whoa! Oh wow! You know thatÂ
happens suddenly sometimes. Soon all the little creatures in the EarthÂ
around him poked their heads out to look for higher ground. You know, all the littleÂ
teeny tiny creatures. Sometimes when it rains When I was in elementary schoolÂ
all these worms would come out of nowhere  And be all over the sidewalks.Â
It was crazy! Also snails. Does that ever happen to you where you are? FunnyÂ
things come out when it’s raining. All the little creatures in the Earth around himÂ
poked their heads out to look for higher ground. Some of them found safety under the large toadstools.  Others crawled onto stones and pebbles. But one small worm had DING! another idea. When Mac woke up he was covered in raindrops & he wasn’t alone. You won’t believe the dream I just had! AÂ
funny little worm was tickling me right here. He’s telling all the other creatures thatÂ
came out, including this adorable ladybug  And this beautiful butterfly. And now I can’t seem to get him ~ out of your head? It was you!!! And that’s how Mac met Will! The beginningÂ
of a friendship – a beautiful friendship!  And it all began in a beautiful place withÂ
the perfect temperature on a rainy day. Will showed Mac how to fly a kite.Â
He’s got some mad skills! And how to fly himself. Whoa! And play inÂ
the dirt. He loved making a mess. Any worms out there liking to make a mess?Â
Anybody? Anybody? You know who you are. Mac took his new friend toÂ
the watering hole to clean off.  Splash! You know how he loves diving into theÂ
water, and the water is just so perfect, isn’t it? He couldn’t remember a better day. AndÂ
that’s how it is when you are hanging  Out with somebody who just getsÂ
you, you know what I mean, Kid?
Somebody who just loves you and gets you, finishesÂ
your sentences Until… Oh no! Not “until”! DUN-DUN-DUNNNN!!!! He took Will to the orchard. Oh no.Â
It was a perfect day until now. Why?  Look at.. this does not look good. Â
Look at Mac! He’s got worms! Yeah! Mac’s a Rotten Apple! I’m not- I’m not rotten. I’m- I’m quite sweet,Â
actually. So they left. Of course they left. Everybody’s making fun of them. Well actually, except yellow apple. Yellow apple is like this Wouldn’t you be, too? Everybody’s taunting and calling namesÂ
just because he has a non-apple friend.  Maybe maybe y’all should expand your horizons! Will cheered Mac up by reading aloudÂ
from some of his favorite novels LOOK AT THAT! He’s doing a KidTime StoryTime! He was a bit of a ”bookworm” Ah! Get it?! Worm – Bookworm. Yeah!!! Mac liked the adventure stories the best,Â
like the ones that took him to outer space! Where everything is possible! He also liked it whenÂ
Will finished his sentences for him. The most exciting part is whenÂ
pirates…find treasure in the dirt! But the next day, it happened again! HAHAHA!Â
It’s the Bad Apple! Ewww! Worms! Ohhh taunting… These apples are just a bunch of bullies whoÂ
only like to hang out with people who look just like them, right? And no one in the orchardÂ
would play with them, not even the crab apples. Bad apple! Bad apple!  And the yellow apple who’s been watching quietlyÂ
has a thought: crab apples can be so mean. So true. How do you think theyÂ
got their name? That night,  the two friends sat alone onÂ
the grass without saying a word. In the morning, Will was nowhere to be found. You are a good apple. And then he drew the apple,Â
and he drew a little sun and then signed it ~ Will. Oh no! He’s not a bad apple,  But now he is a sad apple with a tiny tinyÂ
hole right here – right there – see that? But probably also a tiny tiny holeÂ
right here Because they were tight.
Mac went back to playing with hisÂ
Orchard friends. A little baseball.  There’s yellow apples still like this… Yellow apple has been learning a lot, IÂ
think, like watching this whole process. Diving fearlessly into theÂ
watering hole and painting  In Granny Smith’s class – also known asÂ
Abuela Smith – but Nothing Was the Same. Oh look! He drew worms in the apples! He’s gotÂ
somebody on his mind. Even though he isn’t in his head anymore There was a hole in Mac thatÂ
he couldn’t fill. Not a big hole. Just a teeny, tiny, little… You know… a small hole just bigÂ
enough to fit “dot dot dot” And nobody finished his sentences, But we know what the rest of that sentence is, don’t we? A small hole just big enough toÂ
fit you-know-who. His best friend. Meanwhile, he’s looking at hisÂ
reflection in the glassy like Lake,  Thinking probably about theÂ
good times that they shared. Yellow apple is quietly watching in theÂ
distance, still observing, still learning.  Mac decided he had to find Will. We’re on a mission, people! Mac’s gotta find Will!  He searched low and then he searchedÂ
high, that’s why he needed a ladder. And then he searched in between. (ANT COMPLAINS ”EEK”!) Don’t worry, little guy, we’re just looking for somebody. He searched in the dirt, around the watering hole,Â
and just when he had given up all hope   Just like in the movies because you are searching andÂ
searching and you’re just about to give up hope Hopefully something good isÂ
about to happen on the next page…  He looked up in the skyÂ
half a mile to the clearing. And we see this beautiful sky. It’s likeÂ
Autumn is setting in now.  That’s right. Because Autumn is apple season. And we see a kite in the distance and… No words needed! Because the pictureÂ
tells the whole story! He’s not a bad or a sad apple anymore. He’s just aÂ
happy apple and there’s his bestie! And there are his KidTime StoryTimes. And he wasÂ
flying a kite. And all the insects are there,  Including the ladybug and the butterflyÂ
and the grasshopper and the praying mantis. Everybody’s here to see theÂ
happy reunion among friends!
Mac knew that he would rather be a bad apple withÂ
Will than a sad apple without him. I was hoping I could… help me turn the pages? How did you know?! Because you will always be a good apple in my book They’re back together again! And you knowÂ
why that is? Because that’s his person. Well, his worm. And the worm? That’s his Apple. That’s how that goes. Yeah. I mean you have a person, right? You have aÂ
person – or maybe you have a a dog Or maybe you have you know another human – butÂ
in this case it’s an apple and a worm. Good and happy. And there’s nothing bad about that. But StoryTeller! That is crazy! ~ Why do you say that Doug the Dinosaur? If you could only be friends withÂ
people who were exactly like you,  Then we couldn’t be best friends. No! And it would be very hard for me, actually,  Because there are not a lot ofÂ
half-dinos half-dragons. True story. There are a lot of bears out there, butÂ
you’re my number one! You’re my Dino! Thank you. It’s true! What was up with thoseÂ
apples only being like Pro Apple Oh it’s true! If I only wereÂ
friends with ostriches… Then this beautiful friendship rightÂ
here will never have happened Oh Fuchsia!I
Oh Olivia! True for me, too.
Oh yes, White Rat? Oh yeah if it wasn’t for me being willingÂ
to be friends with people who weren’t rats,  I would never be best friends with cheese. Okay you can’t be best friends withÂ
cheese because you can’t eat your friends. Who says?! Oh and I have another example! IfÂ
I was only friends with like other  Grown-ups or other storytellers or other redheads,  I would not be able to be friends with a kid like you! And that… that… Would be real bad.