Learn by Listening Level 2

[00:00.30]The Peach Orchard|[00:03.39] When I was very young, I lived near a peach orchard.|[00:07.68] Now, there is a park where the orchard used to be.|[00:12.53] I always remember the peach orchard|[00:15.27] because my grandmother and I|[00:16.82] used to go there and pick peaches.|[00:20.00] The owner of the orchard|[00:21.49] would let all the neighbors pick peaches.|[00:25.04] It's not the fact that I used to get many ripe,|[00:28.15] tasty peaches that I remember; it's the time|[00:30.88] that I used to spend with my grandmother|[00:32.69] that I remember.|[00:34.49] My grandmother was very old,|[00:35.92] but she was very healthy.|[00:39.03] She used to walk a lot.|[00:42.27] I think that is what kept her fit.|[00:45.50] She had a lot of energy|[00:46.56] so she liked to go to a lot of places.|[00:50.04] She would get a fruit basket,|[00:52.84] and then she would ask me|[00:54.34] if I wanted to go to the orchard.|[00:57.57] I always said yes because I enjoyed|[00:59.87] walking through the orchard on a sunny day.|[01:03.23] We never climbed up on a ladder to reach the peaches;|[01:06.40] we just reached for the low hanging fruit.|[01:10.07] My grandmother and I used to talk all the time|[01:11.88] that we were out there.|[01:13.99] It was nice to spend time with her.|[01:16.67] She told me many stories about|[01:18.47] when she was a young girl.|[01:21.21] We laughed and got to know each other better.|[01:24.44] My grandmother only visited us during the summer.|[01:27.93] She lived in California, and I lived in Niagara Falls,|[01:31.35] so we didn't get to spend a lot of time with each other.|[01:35.45] We enjoyed the hot summer days in the orchard.|[01:40.99] You could smell the peaches,|[01:42.80] and the bees buzzed lazily by us.|[01:46.65] My grandmother would point out|[01:48.89] different insects and birds to me.|[01:51.50] I learned a lot about nature from her.|[01:53.87] We would end up with a big basket of peaches.|[01:59.10] When we got home, my mother would wash the peaches,|[02:02.76] and often she would bake a peach pie for us.|[02:06.25] Nobody bakes a peach pie like my mother.|[02:09.48] It's good to have memories like that.|[02:12.78] Childhood memories of time spent with my grandmother|[02:16.01] are very precious to me.|[02:18.63] Sometimes, it's just the simple things|[02:21.80] that you do in life that leave you with the nicest memories.