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And I take it very seriously. Okay, today's expression is a great expression. It is,

the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. So think about it. It's easy to imagine. The apple, well, I like apples.

Apples are one of my favorite fruits. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Well, imagine an apple tree, and in the fall there are many apples.

And if you don't pick the apples, eventually the apples will fall from the tree.

Do they go far away? No, they just fall to the ground.

Now, maybe if the tree is on a hill, the apple might roll down the hill, but it doesn't go very far. And most apple trees seem to be on flat ground, and the apple doesn't go anywhere.

It just falls and brunk.

It's there.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Now, as an expression, what does this mean? It's a great expression, and what it means is

like father, like son, like mother, like daughter. The daughter does the same thing as the mother, or even the father. The son does the same

thing as his father, or even his mother. Now, when it comes to me, am I more like my mother or my father?

I think people would say that my father and I are quite different, but when they look at my mom,

they see me. Or when they look at me, they see my mom and they could say, oh yeah, oh yeah,

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