It was raining that day. A hard rain. Actually, more of a light sprinkle, but that didn’t have as much dramatic effect as a hard rain.
After forty minutes of driving, Alex and Amelia arrived at ‘The Farm.” Much to Alex’s disappointment, it was not the CIA headquarters, but an actual farm. The parents said they were here for apple picking. Aunt Joy and Uncle Kevin came too.
Why they came all of this way to pick apples was a curiosity to Alex. After all, they picked apples every week at the grocery store, and that was only about ten minutes from the house. Yet here they stood, on the wet grass, under trees with leaves covered in droplets.
Alex insisted on carrying the bucket, so that he could more closely inspect these apples to figure out what made them different. Then he realized, there was no counter. Looking for the apples, he finally spotted them in the trees. This was only getting stranger! Why someone would hang apples in trees? At the store they were piled on a shelf, all together. Here they were all spread out!
Dad bent down and scooped up Amelia to where she could reach an apple. It took a few tries, but she finally managed to get her hands around one and pull it free. As she did so, the branch shook, pelting both of them in rainwater. Amelia squealed happily, and demanded that she be brought to another apple for pulling. Dad complied, and they dashed around the farm, scouting various apples for Amelia to wrench free of the tree and then carry back to the bucket all by herself. She had a bit of trouble in some of the wet grass, but overall thoroughly enjoyed herself.
Alex examined the apples closely as they went into the bucket, but could not figure out what about them made them so special. Mom and Dad helped him up to pull down apples as well. Aunt Joy and Uncle Kevin helped him when the bucket started to get too heavy, as well as reach more apples.
After an hour, with two buckets overflowing with apples, everyone quite soaked, only Amelia still wanted to continue picking, so they packed up and headed for Aunt Joy and Uncle Kevin’s house. There, they took off their socks and put them in the dryer, and Alex and Amelia changed into dryer clothes. The adults discussed uses of apples, and everyone had lunch.
Alex and Amelia both enjoyed themselves thoroughly, but never could quite figure out why someone would hang apples on trees.
CASE: UNSOLVED
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