In spring, Bella the bear gave Daisy a tiny seed. ‘It’s a carrot,’ said Bella. ‘Plant it in the soil, give it water and sun, and be patient.’ Daisy dug a little hole.
Every morning, Daisy ran to look. Nothing. Not even a sprout. ‘Is it broken?’ she asked Xena. ‘Plants take time,’ said Xena. Daisy sighed, but watered the soil once more.
A week passed. Then two. Then, one morning, Daisy saw something green poking up. A tiny shoot, no bigger than a thumb. Daisy gasped. ‘It’s growing!’ Xena danced round and round.
Soon the shoot was a stem, with leaves and then a bud. Daisy watered it, sang to it and shielded it from the wind. And one sunny day, the bud opened, and there was a beautiful carrot.
‘You waited so patiently,’ said Bella. Daisy smiled at the carrot. ‘It was worth every day,’ she said. And she 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 Daisy do while waiting?
Finish stories to collect Daisy as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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