Purple Day Audio: The Star House

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About the Story: The Star House

This is a simple story about a Little Apple Tree who looks at the sky at night and wishes they were a star. Mother Earth reminds them to be patient and trust that they are special, too. As the apple tree grows bigger and changes, producing apples, they continue to wish they were a star, and Mother Earth continues to remind them to be patient and wait and see. Once the Little Apple Tree has ripe apples, Mother Earth slices an apple top from the bottom, showing the Apple Tree that there is a star inside each of their apples. The Little Apple is overjoyed to learn they have been a house for stars all along.

My Red Rosy Apple

My nice red rosy apple, has a secret all unseen. 

You’d see if you could slip inside, five rooms so neat and clean.

In each room there are hidden, two seeds so shining bright; 

Asleep they are and dreaming, of lovely warm sunlight.

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