GRANDPA WAS A FARMER by Chris Regier Approx. word count: 300
This story is a first draft.
Grandpa is a farmer with a young sidekick. Together they do their jobs, but they have a way of making work fun. But after Grandpa dies will his sidekick be left to do the farming alone?
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My grandpa is a farmer. In the spring I help plant the crops. My job is to grab the fishing worms out of the fresh turned dirt before they wriggle away. When I have enough worms, Grandpa gets two poles and we walk to the pond. My job is to be very quiet so I don’t scare away the fish.
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Well, I started out writing a story about farming and it took me by the hand and became something else. My granddaughter has been a constant reminder of life since my Dad died. In this story I tried to show how a child can help people remember the happy times, and how that heals us all.
Well, I started out writing a story about farming and it took me by the hand and became something else. My granddaughter has been a constant reminder of life since my Dad died. In this story I tried to show how a child can help people remember the happy times, and how that heals us all.