human
An apple-tree lost in the woods! How do you suppose it got away from civilization?
gpt
Some bird, perhaps; or Johnny Appleseed.
human
Who was he?
gpt
Fancy living in Kentucky without knowing about the first and greatest of our pioneers! He was a daft old creature--an innocent, as the kind phrase goes--who used to wander away from the settlement where he lived into the wilderness, scattering apple seeds. All over this Ohio Valley he journeyed, sowing his orchards for the benefit of those who were to follow. The Indians let him pass, the wild animals did not harm him; only his friends locked him up whenever they could catch him, because it seemed such a silly thing to do. Friends are that way ... Years later, when the pioneers fought their way at last over the mountains to stay, they found here and there apple-trees blossoming and fruiting in the great, lonely wilderness; and wherever that happened their wives made them build cabins and settle down, for of all things that grow an apple-tree most suggests home. So mad old Johnny Appleseed was the founder of many cities.
human
And yet there is no monument to him!
gpt
Except the cities....