Once upon a time, there was a farmer named John.

John had a big farm and he

loved to grow all kinds of fruits and vegetables. One day, John decided to plant
some apple trees in his farm.
He carefully planted 8 apple trees in neat rows, with 4 trees in each row. Over
the next few months, the apple trees grew tall and strong. They had plenty of
sunshine and rain, and soon they were covered in shiny, red apples.
One day, John wanted to know how many apples each tree had grown. So, he
went out to his farm and counted the apples on one tree. To his surprise, he
found that the first tree had 20 apples on it.
Excited by this discovery, John went on to count the apples on the other trees.
He found that the second tree had 18 apples, the third tree had 22 apples, and
the fourth tree had 16 apples.
John wanted to know how many apples all the trees had grown in total. He
asked his friend, who was good at math, for help. His friend told him to add up
the number of apples on each tree.
So, John added 20 apples + 18 apples + 22 apples + 16 apples. He got a total of
76 apples. John was very happy to know that his apple trees had grown so
many apples.
From then on, John continued to plant more apple trees every year. And every
year, he would count the apples on each tree to see how much fruit his farm
had grown. John learned that math could help him understand and keep track
of his farm's growth.