alphabet challenge - c

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 C - Grow

 

“When’s it gonna grow?” she asked from where she was crouched by the freshly turned patch of dirt.

 

“When it’s ready,” her mother said. “Come on, Lillian, let’s get you cleaned up.”

 

“What if it grows when I’m gone? I wanna see it grow,” Lillian complained, but she followed her mother inside, casting one last glance back.

 

Every day after school she would stop and look and poke at the dirt.

 

Every day, the dirt remained only that: a patch of dirt.

 

“When’s it gonna grow?” she asked.

 

“When it’s ready,” her mother would say.

 

Lillian frowned and scowled, but the dirt stayed only dirt.