Last Hallowe’en a saucy red apple played a joke. When little Tom ducked
for him he bobbed backward and forward so dizzily that little Tom lost
his balance and toppled into the tub. The saucy red apple laughed as
loudly as any apple can laugh.
But what was that he heard Tom’s big brother saying? The big brother had
pulled Tom out of the water before you could say “Jack Robinson,” and Tom
was dripping wet and bawling with fright. What did the saucy red apple
hear? It was Tom’s big brother saying, “Here, Tom, is a little red apple
for you.” And he handed the saucy red apple to Tom.
The saucy red apple stopped laughing suddenly, for he found himself
between little Tom’s sharp teeth.
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So Tom had the best of the joke after all, hadn’t he?