The Story of the Carrot and the Ring
Have you ever lost something that was precious to you, and thought you'd never see it again? That's what happened to Mary Grams.
Mary had worn her engagement ring for more than half a century when she1lost it. She was working in her garden on the family farm one day, pulling out a plant. And that was probably when the ring came off her finger. When she discovered it was missing, she searched everywhere for it for days, before finally 2up.
Mary realized she probably wasn't going to3the ring again. So she decided not to tell anyone about what had happened, apart from her son. Instead, she thought she would replace it with a much cheaper ring from a jeweller's. Luckily, she managed to buy another one that4just like it. In fact, it was so similar that no one else in her family even knew her original ring was missing.
But the story has a happy ending. Mary eventually got her engagement ring back —13 years after it was lost! One day Mary's daughter-in-law Colleen was working in the same5where Mary had been all those years ago.
She was digging up vegetables there when she discovered the ring. But this time it was a bit6—because there was a carrot growing right through the middle of it!
As soon as Colleen saw the ring, she knew immediately who the7was. The farm had been in the family for over 100 years. And only two women had lived there in all that time. So when Colleen discovered the story of the lost ring, it became clear there was only one person it could possibly have belonged to, and the ring was returned to Mary.
Mary decided to remove her ring from the carrot and8it again. So she carefully cut the carrot in half. Then the ring was washed, and Mary put it back on her finger—and it still fitted perfectly!
