Setting: America, Apple Orchard
Characters: Farah, Jim, Anna
Theme: Give others a chance, Be yourself, Things will get better
Farrah is a young girl who just moved from an Indian country, and she doesn't speak English. Her new class in America is on a field trip to an apple orchard and the take a hayride to get to the apple trees. She's self-conscious of her head covering because no one else is wearing one. She introduces herself on the hayride. Once they get to the orchard, each child gets to pick an apple, and Farrah picks a green one. The the class combines all their apples to make apple cider. A boy tries to stop Farrah from putting her apple in because it isn't ripe, but she puts it in anyways. Then she helps Anna and John make the cider. Afterwards, they all get to drink some of the cider. On their way back on the hayride, Jim introduces himself and he burps. This helps Farrah realize that all the noises in America are just like the ones at home, and soon she will blend in here just like her apple with the cider. Then Farrah says her first word, "apple," and everyone claps.
