RED APPLE by Andy Huang Zhengdong
Coordinator for Maple Leaf International Academy: Mirjana Petrovic-Filipovic
School: Maple Leaf International Academy, Shenzhen, China

A long time ago, there was a red apple at the mysterious crossroads. The red apple would tempt the people who passed by it because the red apple could become anything they wanted.

One day, a peasant walked by. Suddenly, he felt a tempting scent. The scent attracted the peasant, and he followed it and found the red apple. The red apple has already turned into his dream, and a young woman has already fallen asleep on the tree's branch. The peasant looked at the reaping hook in his hand. Then, he looked again at the wealthy and the young woman on the tree. Obviously, he wanted to use the reaping hook to cut down the tree and get the beauty, but suddenly the reaping hook dropped down on the face of the peasant when the peasant held up his reaping hook to cut it down. Then, the peasant fell into a coma. And that wealthy and the woman turned back into the red apple and disappeared. Oops, it turns out, the red apple has sworn in its mind that it will punish anyone who doesn`t deserve to get it.

After that, a little girl was crying in the alley. She bumped at the tree as she walked because her eyes were dim with tears. Suddenly, she heard two voices that belonged to her mother and her father. The little girl asked her parents: aren’t you dead?….. It turned out that the bandits in the mountains killed the little girl’s parents. She was just twelve years old. She could not do anything. At that point, the red apple was deeply moved and decided that it should fulfill the aspiration of the little girl. Finally, the little girl’s parents were resurrected by a red apple. The family continued with their happy life, and the red apple brought some good luck to them.

On some other occasion, a young woman also passed by the crossroads. Like all others, she saw one thing on the tree: a mirror. She was always ill. And then, she looked at the mirror carefully. And, she saw a lovely familiar girl in the mirror. She was surprised, because she was that girl! But the face of the girl was so perfect in the mirror. She couldn’t stop looking at her face in the mirror. She wanted to get the mirror… She wished to use her face in the mirror to hook up any man in the world… She wants to use her face in the mirror to get any power and wealth in the world… She tried to use her hand to catch the mirror. But suddenly, the mirror turned out into million tiny pieces for a moment… Parts slashed her face…

Some other day, an older woman passed by the crossroads whose legs were injured in a war… And finally, the red apple cured the legs of the older women. She got the opportunity to print her footprints all over the world again. She loved to travel…

Again, one man passes by the crossroads; he was a businessman about to go bankrupt. He lost everything, and he could not take care of his family… His family had already starved… He saw a lot of food… Red apple gave him food for his family. Let him regain confidence…



The red apple was always punishing or rewarding until one day. A young man with blond hair, innocent blue eyes, and a high nose bridge passed by the crossroads. He just passed straight away. One day passed, two days… until the fourth day. He thought the tree withered a little. So, he started watering the tree every day. One week passed, and the red apple became more curious. “Why didn’t this young man have any reaction?” “Is it possible that he doesn`t have any wishes?” This young man was deeply attracted to the red apple. This time the red apple took the initiative to become an 18-year-old girl. She was sitting on the branch of the tree. Her feet were swaying. She asked the young man: “Do you have any wishes?” The young man didn’t respond to the young girl. He just continued watering the tree while looking at the young girl. She said: “I can fulfill your wishes. You have to catch me when I jump down off the tree. I will jump down a moment later whatever you respond to me. So, think about your wishes, and hurry up.” A moment later, the young boy was still silent. He just looked at the young girl. Then, the young girl jumped down from the branches, and the boy used his hand to catch her. Everything just stopped. And nothing changed. The girl said: “What are your wishes? Why is nothing changing?” The boy said: “I have no wish at all. I think everything is satisfying. I wanted to catch you when you jumped down. I don’t want you to be hurt.” Both the boy and girl blushed at the moment…