Category: Folktales

Posted on: September 11, 2012 Posted by: bruce Comments: 0

Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed spent 49 years of his life in the American wilderness planting apple seeds. Johnny Appleseed’s real name was John Chapman. He was born September 26, 1774 in Massachusetts. He created apple orchards in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio. After 200 years, some of those trees still bear apples. Johnny Appleseed’s dream was for a land where blossoming apple trees were everywhere and no one was hungry. A…

Posted on: September 11, 2012 Posted by: bruce Comments: 0

Pecos Bill

While still a child, Bill grew to be much bigger than most men. He wrestled and rode mountain lions, used rattlesnakes as lassos, and fought grizzly bears with his bare hands. When he was about ten, he discovered that he was a human and not a coyote. He decided to live among people and become a cowboy. He invented the rope lasso and six-shooter and gained a reputation for killing…

Posted on: September 11, 2012 Posted by: bruce Comments: 0

Paul Bunyan

Paul Bunyan was a lumberjack that logged the North Woods of the United States. It was said that he could take down 16 trees in one swing of his ax. He was born in the state of Maine. When he was 2 weeks old, he weighed 100 pounds. His parents took him and put him in a cradle out in the ocean. Every time he rocked in his cradle, big…

Posted on: September 10, 2012 Posted by: bruce Comments: 0

Three Little Pigs

Once upon a time there were three little pigs and the time came for them to leave home and seek their fortunes. Before they left, their mother told them “Whatever you do, do it the best that you can because that’s the way to get along in the world.” The first little pig built his house out of straw because it was the easiest thing to do. The second little…