Peter Applecore and The Fable of the Wee Smallish Appletree

Peter Applecore is a small apple hanging from a small tree. All he wants is to be the apple that gets picked first. But how can he hope to be so when he's such a wee teensy apple? Nobody pays attention to him, and as Peter gets angrier the worms eat away his core. When he becomes a withered dry husk of appleskin with nothing inside of him, the wind finally blows him free from his branch and Peter Applecore goes on an unexpected journey which teaches him all about the world he lives in. Peter Applecore is a classic fable for enrichment readers, sure to enliven young and elder alike.