what a good year it was for olives There was just enough rain in spring and just enough sunshine in summer. The olives ripend perfectly in the warm autum sun. osman knew, when he went to check his olives trees, that he was going to have the best crop of olives ever. Sitting in her chair in the corner, Osman's daughter Zeynep knew, from the way her father winked at her, that the olives crop would be a good one. she knew that there would be enough money to buy her a white silk dress for her twelfth birthday party, after the harvest.