The Packet With No Picture

(A garden centre near Harrogate, on a wet Tuesday.)

Ottilie: I want to grow something. I’ve never grown anything.

Bram: Then start with beans. It’s our best product.

Ottilie: What does the packet say?

Bram: Plant them in May. Pick them in August. Water them every afternoon.

Ottilie: And those?

Bram: Carrots. Plant in May too, pick in September.

Ottilie: Do they come from far away?

Bram: From a farm near York. Not a lot of travel.

Ottilie: I can’t decide. What’s this one? There’s no picture on it.

Bram: Sweet peas. There’s no picture because the picture isn’t the good part.

Ottilie: What’s the good part?

Bram: In July you open your window at night, and the whole bedroom smells of them.

Ottilie: I’ll take that one.

Bram: Just that one?

Ottilie: Just that one.