Kermit the Frog Tells the Cherry Tree Story

Here is another video about George Washington and the cherry tree from the kid's TV show Sesame Street. It just goes to show you how well known this story is in American culture.  

George Washington and the Cherry Tree

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The last tree story I want to tell you is about the first president of the United States, George Washington.  When he was a young boy, he was given an ax.  So, what do you think he did with it?  Of course, he went into the yard and started chopping things.  He tried chopping big trees but their trunks were too big for his little ax.  But then he saw a cherry tree. Cherry trees have smaller trunks so he started chopping. And before you know it, he had chopped the cherry tree down. Happy with that, he put his ax away and went off to play.

Moon Tree Video

Here are 2 videos related to the Moon Tree story.  The first one is an interview with Dr. David Williams the NASA employee who is trying to find and record all of the known moon trees in existence.  The second video is a short bio of astronaut Stuart Roosa who took the seeds in to space  on board Apollo 14.

Johnny Appleseed

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Legends say that in the late 1700s a barefoot man with a pot on his head wandered around the American frontier planting apple trees.  People called this crazy character Johnny Appleseed.  But was he a real person or a made up character?  

There are certainly a lot of stories about Johnny Appleseed like this one from Disney.  

It turns out Johnny Appleseed was a real person.  His name was John Chapman and he really did walk around barefoot with a pot on his head.  But more importantly, he was famous for growing apple trees and giving them to settlers.  That is why people called him by the nickname Johnny Appleseed.    

You can read more about Johnny Appleseed and other historic US tree stories at this link.  

Thanks for listening.  this has been Cassie Brenn for fastfoodenglish.blogspot.com.

Moon Trees

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The Topic of the week for this week is trees.  And more specifically stories related to trees.  You see trees grow all around us and they live a long, long time.
Because of that they are witness to many events in our lives and in history.  If they could talk, they would tell us many wonderful stories.  And stories are important because they connect us with our culture and history.  So since trees can't talk,I guees I will have to tell you the story of 3 remarkable trees in the US. 

Topic of the Week - The Story of Trees

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This week we will talk about the history, legends, and stories connected to trees.