Переведите это предложение в английский язык в прошедшие время. Джон Котхуп работал инженером. Однажды когда шел дождь

John Cotchup worked as an engineer. Once when it was raining and it was cold he needed to collect leaves from the garden. He did not want to get wet. He had an idea how to collect leaves from the garden. He drew a sketch of a garden vacuum cleaner and tested it. The invention worked. He decided that his invention would be interesting to companies and wrote about it on the Internet. In a time, one company responded to John. His invention began to gain popularity. He became rich.