Show SK akyi yI apple pie originator deserved high honor an old legend tells of how the bakers bakera of a certain town in E england pu paraded before the king hing h ing witla their ples pies As the lie baker of 0 the pie which pleased tile king most was to receive a bag of gold god the lie bakers tried to outdo each other in originality for instance one baker ninde made an enormous pie crust tilled filled with flowers lowera low cra on which were seated ten children who sang for or the king the other bakers were not for far behind in their ideas of what would most please the i kings eye the king was very tired and hungry when he rea readied clied tile the town and although lie he dutifully adi admired alred all the beautiful pies lie help thinking it if only one of these pies could be eaten entell let it be said that until this time pies had always been made of meat no one ever thought of having pie for dessert at the rear of the procession came a peasant with a plate upon which was what ana obviously juat a pie the king halted him and grasped the pie eagerly it was a perfect example of the bakers art crisp and fragrant with a golden brown crust but the king even een stop to look at it lie ile devoured it us Is if and then demanded to know ot what the pie wax was mad tile the peasant answered that it had licen been rande made of apples from froia the tree tint that shaded his hut lie ile wits too poor to moke make a pie me of meat much less compete with the other baluss balus s who had scoffed at lihn him for joining chepa rade but the king was so pleased with the extraordinary pie made of 0 apples that lie he gave the the prize knighted him and commanded hlin him to send one of his apple plea pies to the pal aco ace every day |