“Pandi’s Mum gave Pandi a magic apple seed and asked him to plant an apple tree in

their bamboo forest while she was away for a few days. Though Pandi did not

believe that it would work, he did as he was told. To Pandi’s surprise, the apple seed

really grew into a beautiful apple tree after a few days. He was very excited and

called the tree Pingping. He loved Pingping very much. This upset the bamboos in

the forest so they started saying harsh things to Pingping. Poor Pingping felt lonely

and sad. Fortunately, after the birds had eaten...