“Girls, how would you like to ride to the canning factory?” she inquired.
“What would we do there?” Connie asked quickly. She was very much interested, as were all the Brownies.
“I thought we might see how cherries are canned commercially.”
“Will we go now in your car?” inquired Sunny.
Miss Gordon explained that they would ride with Bill Flint, a truck driver, who hauled Mr. Hooper’s cherries.
“Oh! We’re going in a truck?” Veve exclaimed. Immediately, she decided to postpone her examination of the old trunk. “That will be gobs of fun!”
“I thought you might enjoy it,” Miss Gordon smiled. “Bring your sweaters, girls. We may be gone for an hour or so.”
The mothers of the Brownies decided they would rather remain at the orchard. All of the girls, however, wanted to go.
Off they raced for their jackets and sweaters. Already Bill Flint was loading the truck with lugs of cherries.
“I’ll take Miss Gordon and two of the Brownies with me up front,” he told them. “The rest will have to stand up in the back. It’s not far, though, to the factory.”