First of all, I apologize. I haven't written in about a week, (besides my report on marshes) and I have said I was gonna write more often ...as I have said, very hypocritical.
Second of all, I want to thank Mrs. Crickl as I call her, (hi there!) for explaining to me how to use the strike-out html.
Thirdly, everyone go to Tottalyhorsecrazy.Blogspot.com and tell her to keep up the new posting!
And now for the actual post.
Apples are the most common fruit, right? I mean, we all know what apples are. Right? So I got to thinking... I wonder, when are the times that apples are mentioned in The Bible, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Lord of The Rings? (which, as hopefully you know, are my favorite books).
If you think about it, there are actually a lot of materials in these books about this fruit that we take for granted.
Lets check out some bible verses first.
Psalm 17:8
Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings.
Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commands and you will live;
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
So it's pretty obvious that even back in the bible, apples were popular. But you know, I once heard that really, we don't know that the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden was an apple. We just assumed it. Defiantly a difference. I wonder what the fruit really was though. Well, maybe it was some fruit that isn't here anymore. I mean, it was the forbidden fruit, and you don't exactly go to the grocery store and find a barrel of fruit labeled: Forbidden Fruit, or: Fruit of Knowledge.
Anyhow, moving on.
If you've ever read The Chronicles of Narnia, you will realize that there are a couple of places in some of the books that mention apples to a very big extent. One of these places is in The Magician's Nephew (you can read a little of this book in one of my earlier posts on Dragons Fly), the other book that I'm thinking of is Prince Caspian. This book, especially in the beginning, is loaded with apples!
"...They (the Pevinsie kids) noticed a delicious smell, and then a flash of bright colour high above them at the top of the right bank.
'I say!' exclaimed Lucy. 'I do believe that's an apple tree.'
It was. The panted up the steep bank, forced their way through some brambles, and found themselves standing round an old tree that was heavy with large yellowish0golden apples as firm and juicy as you could wish to see."
"...They tried roasting some of the apples on the ends of sticks. But roast apples are not much good without sugar, and they are too hot to eat with your fingers till they are too cold to be worth eating. So they had to content themselves with raw apples, which, as Edmund said, made one realize that school suppers weren't so bad after all..."
"...'What's to be the target [for bow & arrow shooting]?' asked Peter.
'I think that apple hanging over the wall on the branch there would do,' said Susan.
'That'll do nicely, lass,' said Trumpkin [a red dwarf]. 'You mean the yellow one near the middle of the arch?'
'No, not that,' said Susan, 'The red one up above - over the battlement.'
The Dwarf's face fell. 'Looks more like a cherry than an apple' he muttered..."
"...'Apples, heigh-ho,' said Trumpkin with a rueful grin. 'I must say, you ancient kings and queens don't overfeed your courtiers!'"
So, once again, we see that apples are a popular writing material!
Now, lets check out two of my favorite parts in The Lord of The Rings, The Fellowship of The Ring, that, of course, mention apples:
"...Sam was chewing an apple thoughtfully. He had a pocket full of them: a parting present from Nob and Bob. 'Apples for walking, and a pipe for sitting,' he said..."
"...Sam turned quickly. 'And you, Ferny,' he said, 'put your ugly face out of sight, or it will get hurt.' With a sudden flick, quick as lightning, and apple left his hand an hit Bill [Ferny] square on the nose. He ducked to late, and curses came from behind the hedge.
'Waste of a good apple,' said Sam regretfully, and strode on."
I love that line! "Waste of a good apple"! I can't remember if it's in the movie or not though. It seems like I've heard Sean Astin (the guy who plays Sam (or Samwise) say that line in the movie before. At any rate, I can certainly hear it in my head. But I can't remember what part he does it in the movie.
Anyway, here I will post the morals:
1: Duck sooner than later when someone throws an apple at you.
2: Don't roast apples without sugar or proper roasting tools.
3: Remember that you are the apple of God's eye -- not the apple in God's eye ...biggg difference...
Now I shall go and devour an
-Animal Lover/Dfly
