SOMETIMES, I HAVE dirt under my fingernails. Mom says that’s OK, as long as I scrub hard before dinner. She understands because she’s a gardener like me—except she says little vegetables taste best. I might be small, but I like veggies BIG.
Mom grows carrots the size of my pinkie. I grow carrots as long as my arm. Some even sprout their own legs.
Mom grows tomatoes that look like red jellybeans, so sweet and itty-bitty. We pop
them in our mouths by the handful. I grow tomatoes so big that one slice covers a whole pizza.
This summer, Mom is growing miniature pumpkins.
“They’ll be too small to carve into jack-o’-lanterns,” I say.
“Just right for eating,” Mom answers. “Pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread.”
So what? I’m growing the…
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Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites And Puzzles For Children And Kids (Digital) - 1 Issue, May/June 2024