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Me Write an original story which illustrates the truth in the statement, "The apple does
not fall far from the tree."
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This phrase is typically said in connection with children who show qualities or talents that are similar to those of their parents.
Now, let’s talk about the origin of the phrase ‘the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.’
You’ve probably seen this before yourself, but scattered around the bottom of an apple tree (or pretty much any fruit tree for that matter) is the fruit it produces. This fruit falls off the branches and drops to the ground, remaining close to the tree it came from. Eventually, a metaphor developed from this natural occurrence and now today, it means that a person ‘is not far off from how their parents are.’The exact person is not known, and the place where it originated from is not clear either, however, I’ve heard Asia being mentioned as a possibility.
According to Richard Jenie, who wrote German Proverbs from the Orient, he mentions that this proverb makes an early appearance in the year 1585. That’s old, but the earliest that I’ve seen it in print is from the year 1605. It’s in a a book (named below) by Hieronymus Megiser.