Marlee Wanted To Go To The Apple Orchard

One day when Marlee was in the living room, Grandma B was telling Grandma Lu that the deer had broken through the fence and had eaten all of her apples from her apple tree. Now she couldn't make an apple pie. She told Grandma Lu that Marlee was old enough now that she could have helped her make it. She was so disappointed about that. She loved having Marlee wear her apron and help her in the kitchen.

Marlee was listening to the conversation while she was looking at one of B's magazines. Marlee had never eaten an apple, but she had seen pictures of them and also knew that if her Grandma B made pie with them, that they would be good. She loved pie and peach cobbler too.
While she was listening, she turned the page of the magazine and there was a picture of a man with his back turned from her in an apple orchard. She knew that apples grew on trees of course, but this was a great big field just full of apple trees. "Oh, Stashia, look there are two girls and one of them is riding in a wagon and they are having fun. I want to have fun too. How am I going to get there?"
Marlee looked and looked at the pictures.  "Oh, Stashia, look how big that apple is. I bet that would make a whole pie!" and she chuckled and Stashia made a low noise in her throat.
Stashia had been friends with Marlee for two years. In the two years that she had been Marlee's friend she had seen Marlee get into all kinds of mischief in her many adventures. She didn't even want to think about this one. She just knew that there was trouble brewing. Then she just sighed and thought, "Well, I don't think she can get into any trouble just by looking at a magazine. She'll be alright. I think I will just go lay down and take a nap." So she did just that.
Marlee was a little disappointed that her friend went off and left her. It

seemed to Marlee that Stashia was never up for a little fun. She always tried to stop her from going on her fun adventures. "Oh well, thought Marlee. I am going to finish looking at these pictures and then go see what Grandma B is doing. All of a sudden she saw this picture of these two pretty girls and a bunch of apples. She wanted those apples. There was enough there she figured to make at least two (2) pies! Oh and she would love to ride in that wagon too.
I think Marlee has a plan. She's got her favorite pink sweatshirt on because it is chilly where she is going. I think she may ask for help from two older girls that helped keep her safe when she was prospecting for gold. We shall see.
 Maybe she will just stay home and play with her toys and Zoe and Stashia. But then again, just look at her face. Oh oh!