The storey “Wild Plums” is written by the author “Grace Stone Coates”. In this storey, the parents were portrayed as old fashion and very strict. The parents prefer to supervise their daughter as much as they can. They did not allow their daughters to have fun without their supervision. For example, the Coate's family borrowed their plow and the father went to go retrieve it because he doesn't trust that the Coate's will take care of his plow as well as he would. The Coate's family seems quite blithe as they allow the children to have fun without their ...