Caught Stealing Apples..fruit that is...

Seeing the ripening fruit on the apple trees in the garden reminded me of a painful experience when at school primary 7.



My friend John and I aged 11 decided to raid Miss Murray's orchard as she had some great apples, plums etc.
A plan was hatched that on the way home from school we would climb over the fence at the rear of her garden to avoid being seen
from the house. We collected as much apples as we could carry and made to make our get away, but unknown to us we had been seen by the owner
who made a weak attempt to catch us but anyway we made our getaway through a hole in the fence...thinking we had got away with it....one thing
we had forgotten was we were wearing our school uniforms....dam...

We though no more of it that night and the stolen fruit was tasty!!
Next day Friday I can remember as it was maths first thing...ah!!
At assembly the head teacher Miss Miller had mentioned the recent increase in thefts from local orchards and vowed that if anyone from
this school was found to be involved they would be dealt with most severely...did not like the sound of that...

During maths the headmistress open the door made her appologies's, accompanying her was Miss Murray!, the purpose being to see if
she could identify anyone in the class who had been in her orchard the previous evening.

No surprise here she very quickly identified both myself and John to Miss Miller the headmistress
she was furious and demanded to know if this was true...well we had no option but to confess to our crimes.

Right you two to my office now!!