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When I ……………..little girl, and my naughty little sister……………..little girl, we used to have……………..tree……………..garden, and sometimes my naughty little sister used to pick……………..and eat them. It……………..very easy thing to do because……………..were so low.

So,……………..told us we were not to pick……………… My mother said, ‘It’s naughty to pick the apples when they are growing upon…………….., because we want them to go on growing until they are ripe and rosy, and then we shall pick them and put them quite away……………..winter-time’.

‘If you……………..’, my mother said, ‘you must pick up a windfall and bring it to me, and I shall wash it for you.’ As you know, ‘windfalls’ are apples that fall off……………..on to…………….., so, one day, my little sister looked……………..and found……………..on the grass and she took it in for my mother to wash.