¹     I am a tree. Not just any tree. I am an apple tree.
 
²     In the winter, I sleep. I do not feel the cold.
 
³     The farmer comes while I sleep. He trims my branches. He does not want me to grow tall. The farmer wants me to grow strong.
 
⁴     He wants me to grow wide. It will make picking apples easy.
 
⁵     The cold is good. I have a deep sleep. I do not feel storms. The snow is a blanket for me.
 
⁶     Soon spring comes. The snow melts away. I begin to wake. The sap begins to run. It moves from my roots to my branches.
 
⁷     The buds begin to swell. Soon they open into leaves and flowers.
 
⁸     My flowers are white. They each have five petals. There are so many, they cover me like snow.

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