Charles Dickens, the famous author who wrote "A Christmas
Carol" was also a farmer.
As he wasn't a successful author until later in his life, he found it hard to make a living.
On his farm, he grew apples, cherries, and walnuts.
He would take his apples to market,but never had much
luck selling all of them. Those that he didn'
t sell, he would make cider from.
He would take this cider to market, and it didn'
t sell to greatly either.
He then added a bit of brandy to this cider, and he sold every bottle of the first
batch in less than 2 hours.
A star was born.