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
I really wished I could talk to Molly about this more My mom didn’t seem to understand how big this decision was But neither did Molly For the first time ever I wondered if Molly still liked me What if she thought I was dorky That 4-H 4-H was dumb I shook my head I was being crazy Once Molly saw the picture she’d write me for sure And then I’d know that my best friend thought my life was cool
Chapter 2 Dumb Art vs Real Art Molly After I got the awesome seed art picture from Olive I started a letter to her Dear Olive But that's as far as I got I looked at the picture again It was BEAUTIFUL Olive must have spent so much time on it To be honest I was just a tiny bit jealous of the wide open spaces on the picture In New York where I live there is barely any grass
