California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom
Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Agriculture Among California's Educators and Students
The Magic of a Seed
By Daphne Genardi
3rd grade, Ventura County
Sunset Elementary School - Charline Norton, Teacher

Once upon a time there was a little seed caught in a seagull's mouth. The seagull's name was Gully. He had been eating an apple left by a boy. The little seed was named Sally.

"Hi, I'm Sally, I was trapped in Gully's mouth. One day Gully dropped me into a big school garden. I was dug in the soil and got watered every day."

"A few days later, I felt my roots sprouting, and I was looking like a tree more and more. Sometimes it was very hot, but when it was I got more water."

"I saw Gully once. He was looking to see what had happen to me. Now… I had blossoms on me. Soon I would have little apples on my branches."

"I started thinking about all I been through when I was a seed and when I was growing and growing and growing. Before long my apples were ready to be picked, and they were."

"While the family was eating some apples, a little girl dropped a seed in the soil, Gully picked it up and flew away."

"I wonder if the same thing that happened to me will happen to that little seed, and that is the magic of a seed."

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