The guilty pair knew that life was about to become a lot more interesting and, more difficult, as they fled from His fury.Įve knew somehow that she was going to get the short end of this stick and most likely would end having to cook and perform other domestic chores. To make sure, He slammed the gates shut, securing them with a padlock. They tried to hide the dirty deed from their Father, but He was no dummy, knew exactly what they’d done and man oh man, did He ever throw a hissy fit.Īfter much thunderous shouting, waving of arms and throwing lightning bolts about, He banished the two from the garden of Eden. Eventually she overcame his reservations and they both ate the forbidden fruit. Immediately she knew she’d made a mistake and began plotting how best to get Adam to join her and maybe lessen the chance of their Dad following through on his death threat.Įve was not above using her femine guiles to charm and seduce Adam. He was a charmer and very persuasive in his attempts to get Eve to pick and eat an apple off the forbidden tree.( In a past life, he might have been a lawyer.) Whatever, his powers were great and he managed to seduce Eve, who ate the apple from the tree. This might have gone on for eternity except for one thing.Eve got bored.Īdam’s demands for ‘love’ became rather tiresome and she began to long for something more.Įnter Snake.
#The apple garden story book series#
Their duties were few, time stretched out in a series of idyllic, sun filled days with nothing much to do but rest and frolic. Then he would go hard core with, “Come on baby, the time is right, put your arms around me, hold me tight and we’ll play the game of love.” Eve usually capitulated and, for the most part, enjoyed his shenanigans.Īll was fine for a number of years. He would coyly implore “Who’s your daddy?” If that argument failed, Adam would move on to a more persuasive plea. He was rather relentless in his pursuit of Eve, imploring her with logic, like, “You know Eve, the purpose of a man is to love a woman.” All their needs were met and Eve, though subservient to Adam, never had to cook.Īdam enjoyed frolicking with Eve and was thrilled not to have to use protection to ensure their sole occupancy of this wondrous land. This warning tended to keep the garden residents in line.įor the most part Adam and Eve were quite obedient. When He said: “Touch the fruits of this tree and YOU DIE!”, He meant it. He rarely made threats but when He did, they were not idle. He was also rather specific about the consequences for breaking this rule. His instructions were quite clear, “Keep your hands off the apple tree!” In this garden was a special tree, a beautiful old apple tree. The Father made it very clear to Adam and Eve that they were not to go near this tree. The main thing about this Dude, was that He was rather authoritarian by nature. Now Adam and Eve live in this wonderful garden, virtually a paradise.
Perhaps we shall leave him until the end. Suffice to say, it involves complicated transplant surgery and gender realignment.Ī Snake also appears and his story gets a little complicated as well. Now, that is a long story best left for another telling. The original characters, Adam and Eve share some rather complicated genetics. The story begins as a bit of a game, turns into quite a drama and then? Well, the rest becomes history. She lives and writes full-time in Glen Spey, New York.started long ago in the garden of Eden, when Adam said to Eve…”Don’t sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me!” Printz Honor Book Saint Iggy The Liberation of Gabriel King and King of the Screwups. GOING is the author of Fat Kid Rules the World, a Michael L. Review Quotes Believably and with delicacy, Going paints a suspenseful story suffused with the poignant questions of what it means to be alive, and what might wait on the other side.-The Horn Book Symbolism abounds in this beautifully written book.-Booklist - About the Author K. Once planted, the seed grows into a tree overnight, but only Evie and the dead boy can see it-or go where it leads. Evie meets a boy who claims to be dead and receives a mysterious seed as an eleventh-birthday gift. Evie doesnt believe in things like curses and fairy tales anymore-if fairy tales were real, her mom would still be alive. Book Synopsis Evie reluctantly moves with her widowed father to Beaumont, New York, where he has bought an apple orchard, dismissing rumors that the town is cursed and the trees havent borne fruit in decades. About the Book Mixing spine-tingling chills with a deeply resonating story that explores grief, healing, and growth, this magical tale is of a girl grieving her mother, a town with a curse, and a mysterious apple seed given to the girl by someone shes never met.
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