In preparation for Halloween night, a family visits Mr. Comstock's farm to pick apples and pumpkins.

"Being the (slightly) true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the plains." Based loosely on the life of Henderson Luelling.

Relates the adventures of a horse and a bear as they try to discover who has stolen the apples from the apple tree that grows in a forest clearing.

Lena's grandmother tells about the time when her mother in Hungary shared some freshly made strudel with a beggar who repaid her hospitality with a beautiful song.