I chose these five words because this was the one thing that Billie Jo's mom kept alive. It was kind of a symbol of Billie Jo's mom's perseverance. She never gave up. Even though she had lost babies, she didn't give up on that. Even through the dust bowl she didn't give up on crops. Even though the crops were not making it, because of her they had this apple tree that looked as though there were no dust bowl. Billie Jo was given hope from this tree. She was looking forward to all the treats they were going to have from this tree. They would have pies, pudding, dumplings, cake and many more things just from this tree. She liked just eating the apples straight off the branch. Right before Billie Jo's mom died, the apple tree was completely ruined and Billie Jo did not have the heart to tell her mom.
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