How to Make an Apple Pie and See The World Based on How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman Written by Anthony, Michael, Nick, Bella, and Thomas in Ms. Mottola’s Library Class

Making an apple pie is really very easy. First, get all of the ingredients at the market. Mix them well, bake, and serve.

Unless of course, the market is closed.

In that case, go home and pack a suitcase. Take a plane to France. Find a farm and gather some wheat. An armful or two will do. The kids in France go to school six days a week.

Take a rocket to Kenya and locate a chicken. Bring the chicken with you. There’s less chance of breaking the egg that way. Did you know that Mombasa has 600,000 people?

Take a plane to Iceland and make the acquaintance of a cow. Bring the whole cow with you for the freshest possible results. The capital of Iceland is Reykjavik.

Take a boat to Colombia. Walk to the nearest sugar plantation. Introduce yourself to everyone. Then, go into the field and cut some stalks of sugar. In Colombia they speak Spanish.

Better fly home. You don’t want the ingredients to spoil.

Wait a minute! Aren’t you forgetting something? What about the apples? Have the pilot drop you off in Russia. In Russia it is unlucky to shake hands through a doorway.

Get to the nearest apple orchard. Pick a few apples. Give one to the chicken, one to the cow, and eat one yourself. Hurry home, stopping at Jones Beach to pick up a jar of salty seawater.

Now all you have to do is mill the wheat into flour, evaporate the seawater from the salt, boil the sugar, persuade the chicken to lay an egg, milk the cow, churn the milk into butter, slice the apples, mix the ingredients, and bake the pie. While the pie is cooling, invite some friends over to share it with you.

Remember that apple pie tastes delicious topped with vanilla ice cream, which you can get at the market. But if the market happens to be closed…

YOU CAN EAT IT PLAIN!

Our Sources Colombia by Tracy Boraas Culturegrams Database France by Claire Boast Iceland by Kristin Van Cleaf Kenya by Barbara Saffer Russia by Bob Italia