Pickup Truck Outcome

Winner: C. Jump out of your car to take a closer look.

Intrigued, though slightly scared, you open your door as quietly as possible.  Tiptoeing across the pickup truck you see the three shadows.  Things immediately make sense now.  You breathe a sigh of relief.  The first two shadows are a pre-teen boy and girl.  They look to be siblings.  The third shadow with the shovels is an old man.  And the thing the boy and girl dragged or carried was a small tree.  They are planting a tree by the road.  The boy and girl notice you and wave.  You come forward and shake the old man’s hand.  You then offer to help plant the tree.  They agree and you help the boy dig the hole.  After it’s finished, you and the old man hoist the tree and plant it.  The old man shakes your hand explaining that the small tree was irritating his neighbors, so it was going to be cut down.  He didn’t want to see his tree die, so he decided to plant it by the road with the help of his grandchildren.  But he lost track of time, which was why it was nighttime by the time they got to the place he picked.  You get back in your car while the old man and his grandchildren get back in the pickup truck.  As you drive down the road, you wonder what would have happened if you had jumped to conclusions.

The End

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