The story

Before setting off, the adults look at the harvested fruit. They remove material that does not belong there and separate olives that need a different check. Rumo sees a crate kept apart. ‘Why don’t we mix everything together?’ ‘Because the condition of the olives matters,’ replies the grower. ‘We need to know what we are taking to the olive mill.’

Leo remembers the hole in the photograph of the olive fruit fly’s damage. Sami asks whether washing a damaged fruit is enough to make every problem go away. ‘No,’ says Tila. ‘Washing and checking are different jobs.’ Ada draws two arrows in the notebook. The crates leave according to the adults’ decisions. Care continues after the olive has left the branch.