Here you will find the Poem The Boys And The Apple-Tree of poet Ann Taylor
As William and Thomas were walking one day, They came by a fine orchard's side: They would rather eat apples than spell, read, or play, And Thomas to William then cried: 'O brother, look yonder! what clusters hang there! I'll try and climb over the wall: I must have an apple; I will have a pear; Although it should cost me a fall!' Said William to Thomas, 'To steal is a sin, Mamma has oft told this to thee: I never have stolen, nor will I begin, So the apples may hang on the tree. ' 'You are a good boy, as you ever have been,' Said Thomas, 'let's walk on, my lad: We'll call on our schoolfellow, Benjamin Green, Who to see us I know will be glad.
