The Market Crates
School Readers · Level 12Daisy and Anthony help at a school market. They arrange apples on a table outside. Each crate holds a different kind. The red apples look bright in the morning sun.
A gust of wind lifts the cloth at one end of the table. A crate tilts, and apples roll onto the grass. Daisy catches the crate before it falls. Anthony picks up the apples.
“We need to stop the cloth from lifting,” says Daisy. Anthony finds two empty crates under the table. He puts them on the cloth, but they slide when the next gust comes.
Their teacher brings four clips. Daisy uses the clips to hold the cloth to the table. Anthony sets the full crates farther from the edge. Then they check that everything is steady.
They put the fallen apples in a separate bowl for washing. Fresh apples fill the gap on the table. When the wind blows again, the cloth stays in place. Nothing rolls away.
A visitor stops to buy some apples. “You have a lovely stall,” she says. Daisy smiles at Anthony. “It is a much safer stall now,” he says. They keep an eye on the wind.