Reading the short stories "The Widow and the Parrot" and "The Apple Tree", I
             have discovered some compare and contrast between these stories. They both deal with
             poverty, and each character in the stories cherishes everything they have. Also another
             thing they have in common is that they were both lied to about money.
             As I read the story, "The Widow and the Parrot" had a great outcome because she
             was lied to about money in the beginning and at the end she ended up receiving money
             anyways. In "The Apple Tree" the outcome was not as good in the beginning he was also
             lied to about an apple tree being worth some money and in the end the apples were
             disgusting the tree wasn't worth anything so he didn't receive any money after all.
             Reading both stories and comparing and contrasting them I have figured out that
             both stories are very much alike because they both deal with poverty, they cherish every
             little thing they have, and they were both lied to in the beginning. Realizing they were
             very much alike I defiantly know that they are also very different.
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