Olive May It’s time to go my mom yelled up the stairs When she yelled my middle name she meant business I stuck a stamp on the corner of the envelope I felt the seeds through the paper I hoped they would stay glued I couldn’t wait for Molly to get the picture Mom’s car horn made me jump BEEEEP I grabbed my book bag flew through the front door and hopped in the car Mom can you send this to Molly I asked showing her the envelope Sure hon she said This looks interesting She gently squeezed the envelope then put it on the back seat What’s in it Don’t squeeze it I cried I grabbed the
envelope and gently shook it No seeds were loose so far Heading down our gravel driveway we passed our cows in the pasture The sun shone big and bright It made the grass extra green I felt the breeze through the window and smelled the animals I smelled the dirt and flowers too Sometimes I felt so lucky to live on the farm I remembered I hadn’t answered my mom It’s a seed picture of the farm I made it for Molly at my last 4-H meeting That’s sweet Mom said You’re really liking 4-H 4-H lately aren’t you I’d been in 4-H since I was a little kid I could remember saying the 4-H pledge for the first time
and being so proud I promised to use my head to think clearly I promised to work hard and to be loyal and honest And I promised to do all of that to make the world a better place Pretty soon I’d have to figure out which 4-H specialty I wanted to be in like science the outdoors or animals As if she could read my mind Mom asked Have you thought about your specialty yet That’s ALL I’d been thinking about lately I’d even asked Molly for her advice But all she had written was I’ll write later I chewed my lip Yeah I’ve been thinking about it I said But I’m not sure what yet Mom patted my shoulder Well you still have time
