The Riddle

An Apple Rot Story

Written by

Charlotte Simons

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Reading time

1 min

Published on

September 15, 2025

Apple Rot

I am not awake nor asleep.

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I am not alive nor dead.

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You are not free nor captured.

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You have met me before, but ran away.

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What am I?

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