There are many tall tales about Johnny Appleseed. Most tell of his courage, generosity, and potent green thumb. Many people don’t know that the real Johnny Appleseed, John Chapman, was a tale-spinner himself.One story John loved telling was about the time his half-brother, Nathaniel, came to live with him in the rough wilderness of northwestern Pennsylvania. Nathaniel did not expect to find John dressed in a burlap sack with a mush pot on his head, living in a hollow sycamore tree. John had to bail Nathaniel out of trouble more than once.This homespun, comical story brings out the compassion, humor, and independent spirit of this quintessentially American hero.