{"id":631,"date":"2026-10-26T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T21:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=631"},"modified":"2026-10-26T11:23:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:23:29","slug":"my-golden-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/10\/26\/my-golden-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"My Golden Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even Fairy children get into mischief\u2026 perhaps especially fairy children get into mischief.<\/em><\/p>\n

There is a golden apple
\nHanging from a tree
\nThe grove belongs to Manannan
\nThe apple belongs to me.<\/p>\n

The silver leaves sing softly
\nInviting me to sleep.
\nAnd dream of things most lofty
\nIn the clover deep.<\/p>\n

I will not listen to them
\nOr he\u2019ll catch me here
\nDrowsing in the clover
\nWith my apple there.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll sneak off to his Doorstep
\nBy the threshold of the sea
\nAnd if he does not catch me
\nI\u2019ll plant a silver tree!<\/p>\n

My Golden Apple<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2026 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even Fairy children get into mischief\u2026 perhaps especially fairy children get into mischief. There is a golden apple Hanging from a tree The grove belongs to Manannan The apple belongs to me. The silver leaves sing softly Inviting me to sleep. And dream of things most lofty In the clover deep. I will not listen… Read More My Golden Apple<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,13],"tags":[19,24,12,20,11,17,18,25],"class_list":["post-631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-childrens","tag-fairies","tag-hope","tag-mood","tag-poetry","tag-story","tag-whimsy","tag-wonder"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-ab","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":546,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/04\/20\/fairy-stars\/","url_meta":{"origin":631,"position":0},"title":"Fairy Stars","author":"Heather","date":"April 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Something bright for you. 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