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- >Slowly the aged stallion climbs the familiar path.
- >How many times in his youth had he scaled this mountain?
- >When the family had settled Ponyville, he had remained only a few years.
- >It was the Apple Family way, after all, to spread across the land.
- >He had finally settled here, in what was then wilderness, and had named the mountain himself.
- >Land had been tilled and planted, Buffalo warded away or bought off.
- >And eventually the family began to prosper, and a real town came to be.
- >All because of one stubborn Apple, a seed in rocky soil.
- >But that was so very long ago.
- >He had left most of his things at his last nights camp, bringing only what he felt necessary.
- >His usual clothes
- >His walking stick
- >His favorite hat
- >And a photo album
- >As he reached the gentle crest of the summit, he sat down.
- >The sun would soon set, he wouldn't make it down.
- >But that was how he planned it.
- >He laid out the photo album before him, and the memories came flooding back to him.
- >Seeing a picture of his family and their wagon, and old melody floated on the wind.
- >How did it go? Its been so long..
- >Staring out over his orchards far below, the words came to him.
- >After a pause, he softly lifted his voice to the mountains.
- (To the tune of "Edelweiss")
- Apple Tree, Apple Tree,
- Every morning you greet me.
- Tall and strong, won't be long
- 'til you no longer need me.
- Fruit bearing bough, may you bloom and grow;
- Bloom and grow forever!
- Apple Tree, Apple Tree,
- Bless my Family forever!
- Apple Tree, Apple Tree,
- Today, you no longer need me.
- Leaving home, find your own
- Someday you shall succeed me.
- Fruit bearing bough, may you bloom and grow
- Bloom and grow forever!
- Apple Tree, Apple Tree
- Bless my Family forever!
- >His father had taught him that song, and his sister too.
- >He wanted them to spread their roots across Equestria.
- >So that no Apple would ever be alone.
- >But now was a time for solitude.
- >He had long ago penned his own final verse.
- Apple Tree, Apple Tree
- I hope you never forget me.
- Spread and grow, row by row,
- Be kind, when you recollect me.
- Fruit bearing bough, may you bloom and grow,
- Bloom and grow forever!
- Apple Tree, Apple Tree,
- Bless my Family forever!
- >He laid down in the Alpine grass, a smile on his face.
- >A voice called to him, as the world slowed.
- "Granddad!" Braeburn called, rushing towards him.
- >As his grandson took his hoof, he looked up and smiled.
- "An Apple is never alone!" he whispered, and closed his eyes for the last time.
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