Analyzing Folktales to Learn about People
Based on the folktale the people who told this story
probably thought that
important
When the cold winters came and the ground was
frozen too hard for him to plant his apple seeds, he still
saved them, and would often have a small bag full of
them by the time that spring returned again. And this is
how he came to be called "old Johnny Appleseed."
Though nobody took very much notice of what
he was doing, he still continued each day to plant apple
seeds and each evening to play on his violin