It was dark and suffocating as everyone was pushed into a small room. No one had enough room to even move a muscle. Everyone had to wait quietly as the monster took them somewhere far away from their home. After about 15 minutes the monster stopped and put the house down. Everyone’s hearts were beating faster and faster, thinking what would happen next. They waited for an hour, but since the monster didn’t show any more interest in them, Apple decided to peek out. He opened the small hatch and jumped out. The others waited patiently, they feared the worst. Suddenly Apple opened the hatch and whispered:” The coast is clear!”.
Fruits jumped out, all happy to finally be able to stretch their legs. There were a total of 6 of them: Apple, Coconut, Banana, Pear, Melon and Kumquat. Apple was the most courageous, Coconut was the wisest and oldest, Banana was the snobbiest, Pear was the grumpiest, Melon was the most cheerful and Kumquat… Well, Kumquat was… He was the most foreign. Other fruits didn’t bother about him very much and they suspected that he came from Russia since he spoke such strange language.
They found themselves in a huge green valley. It was beautiful. Melon began to cry and Banana didn’t have anything to say (that’s a first). Fruits admired that place and marveled, where had they landed. Suddenly Apple decided to make a speech.
“Dear friends, this is our place! We have landed to paradise. No other fruit has been here! I say we take over!”
Since Apple was really good at speeches like that, everyone agreed except for Coconut. He said, that it was no paradise and the monsters definitely have already conquered that place. No one listened to Coconut the Wise except for Kumquat, but no one really cared about him. Apple continued his speech: ” We must follow the sun! Sun is good! Banana and Pear, go find water. We build a big house, I will become a king!” Banana and Pear bowed and left the others. Now the biggest problem was to build a shelter. Melon and Coconut were sent to find material for it. Apple quickly constructed a fan and gave it to Kumquat. With quick gestures, Kumquat was assigned to cool Apple. Sadly none of the other fruits knew that Apple was in fact a bad guy. He wanted to make all the other fruits his slaves. As Apple was finishing plotting his evil plans, Melon and Coconut arrived. They were carrying a tattered black shoe. Of course no one knew, what it actually was and Apple immediately made it his headquarters. Coconut reported that he and Melon had sighted a sign, that said ‘Central Park’. Apple ignored him and announced: “From now on my HQ will be called Central Park! I thought of it myself and if anyone tries to claim otherwise, he or she will face the guillotine.” Apple actually didn’t know, what it meant, but since it was such a fancy word, he used it to impress others. Coconut knew, what it meant and decided to let it go just this one time.
The day passed quickly, but there was no sign of Banana and Pear. Apple didn’t take notice of their absence. He didn’t like those two because Banana always made fun of him and Pear didn’t worship him enough. He was a true tyrant. Fruits got no food (not like they had any anyway) and they had to work while Apple just watched them in his new HQ. Time passed by, but nothing changed. Banana and Pear didn’t return. Since everyone suffered from thirst, Apple invented ‘the moving HQ’. Its construction was simple: Apple sat in the shoe and others carried him. They had covered a great distance when suddenly Melon died. Apple just left her corpse there and they carried on. Finally the group reached the fountain. They got to freshen themselves. Everyone was in a very cheery mood, when suddenly a monster came and ate Apple. Without their leader, Kumquat and Coconut were at loss but still happy to get rid of the tyrant. As they were cheering, someone picked Coconut up and threw him far away from Kumquat. Kumquat believes, that Coconut is still flying around, helping people with his wisdom.
Kumquat was left alone and he suffered a lot because of it. He drank more water and started looking for new companions. Under the scorching sun, Kumquat walked and walked. He was about to die, when suddenly he noticed a basket of kumquats. He cheerfully jumped in there and became very popular. All kumquats wanted to hear him speak. Finally there was someone willing to listen to Kumquat. Since everyone was so eager to listen, he told the tale of him and his little friends.
