In spring, Tomas the deer gave Max a tiny seed. ‘It’s a sunflower,’ said Tomas. ‘Plant it in the soil, give it water and sun, and be patient.’ Max dug a little hole.
Every morning, Max ran to look. Nothing. Not even a sprout. ‘Is it broken?’ he asked Mei. ‘Plants take time,’ said Mei. Max sighed, but watered the soil once more.
A week passed. Then two. Then, one morning, Max saw something green poking up. A tiny shoot, no bigger than a thumb. Max gasped. ‘It’s growing!’ Mei danced round and round.
Soon the shoot was a stem, with leaves and then a bud. Max watered it, sang to it and shielded it from the wind. And one sunny day, the bud opened, and there was a beautiful sunflower.
‘You waited so patiently,’ said Tomas. Max smiled at the sunflower. ‘It was worth every day,’ he said. And he saved a seed for next spring.
The little lesson
Good things take time and patience.
Let’s talk about it
- What would you grow?
- What did Max do while waiting?
Finish stories to collect Max as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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