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20 Raisins do not look like
grapes—they’re withered up
and wrinkled! Are they soaked
inside a bathtub until their skin
is crinkled?
21 As grapes bake in the hot sun, their
water evaporates. The more water they
lose, the more the grapes shrivel,
causing wrinkles.
shrivel When things shrivel, they dry
out and get smaller and wrinkled.
22 How many grapes must a farmer
dry upon the valley ground?
To make a box of raisins
that weighs about one pound?
23 It takes about four and one-half pounds of
fresh grapes to make one pound of raisins.
Who puts raisins in the boxes
24
that keep them sweet and
dried? Do tiny fairy princesses
stuff each one inside?
25 When they’re needed, raisin bins are
brought into the factory for packaging.
It takes only ten minutes from bin to
package! Workers and machines take off
the stems and capstems, sort, and wash
the raisins. Then the raisins are
packaged in a variety of boxes and bags.
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