Plan B

 

It was time to gather the grapes.  Yes, harvest time had finally come.  Collett Petersen was excited.  She had landed a job at the vineyard and now could earn enough money to get the bicycle she had seen in town.

She arrived at work early and began picking as many grapes as she could.  When they started to get too heavy for her to carry, she stashed them behind the old tractor in the barn.  For hours she picked and picked, and each time added them to the great pile she had created.

Meanwhile, none of the other workers having noticed her, thought she had not shown up for work, so they thought nothing more about it.  The entire vineyard was abuzz with activity.   It wasn’t until the following morning Collett awoke to discover she had fallen asleep against the giant wheel of the tractor and was now going to be late for school.

It was knee-deep into October when Collett’s boss discovered the large pile of spoiled grapes behind the old tractor.  He couldn’t believe his eyes.

“How could this have happened?” he muttered, but fortunately for him, his son-in-law, Massy Ferguson had an idea.  It took some time, but they finally remembered the young girl they had hired and they tracked her down. 

They would use her to advertise a brand-new product.  In fact, they had her school picture modified and used it on their packaging.  The following year they bought her a new bicycle.