With the last of his his two boys of to college Wally found himself bored and lonely. He had always heard about empty nesters syndrome, but he didn't expect it to be this hard. Problems were only made worse with the fact that he never married.

Wally went yet another walk around the orchard, reliving happy memories. When he saw a young child gathering some half rotten apples off the ground. His heart leapt into his throat and all his parental instincts went into overdrive.