In the story of The King's Apples, King Gerry the Generous is pondering how to share the three apples he has when his royal apple tree appears at the castle door and, eager to help, shakes his branches, causing three more apples to fall off of him. Now the king has six apples for himself, Bob, his daughter, her boyfriend, his doctor, and the doctor's colleague.

Earlier on, the tree (minus his apples) had previously appeared in the helping hand game show Where Do I Belong?, performed this time by Richard Hunt.