Pandi's Apple Tree

“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 Pingping’s apples, the seeds dropped

down into the soil and grew into many apple trees which kept her company and

made her very happy. The next day, two men came into the forest and wanted to cut

down the bamboos, but the bamboos managed to avoid being destroyed because of

the apple trees being there. So the bamboos and the apple trees became good friends.

Then the soil in the forest became even more fertile! ”  This book is written in simplified Chinese with Mandarin Pinyin above the Chinese characters and its English translation below. There are also some revision activities, vocabulary tables (with English Translations) and a table of Chinese Pinyin Basic Sounds and Four Tones to help children learn Mandarin Chinese.

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