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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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Farming

Submitted by JordanP on March 19, 2008 - 07:57.

Farming

By Jordan Pedro
Benson Village School, Grade 8

Early we rise
From our beds so warm
To pull on work clothes
And head to the barn
Start up the milkers
Bring in the cows
Fill the bulk tank
Go home for breakfast
Fill our bellies
And head to the fields
For a long day's work
Jump in the tractor
Hitch up the mower
Head for the hay fields
Chop down rows
Of alfalfa and grass
Come through with the baler
Stack the bales in the wagon
Drive to the barn
Pull up to the hay mow
Pitch the bales on the elevator
Lift them to the mow
Stack ‘em tight and neat
Climb out of the mow
Sweat pouring off our bodies
Get a cold drink
Run to the milk house
To start evening chores
Shovel the silage
Scrape the stalls
Bottle feed calves
Distribute hay and grain
Throw down new sawdust
Close up the greenhouse
Walk back to the barn
Spray down the pit
Clean off the milkers
Wash the bulk tank
Close the gates
Wash off my boots
Shut off the lights
Jump in the truck
Go home and shower
Hit the sack
Can’t wait
To do it all over again

By Jordan Pedro

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