In The Wind

Finalist in the 'Just Keep Writing 2019' competition

In the wind I see a kookaburra flying past. In the wind I see a Lilli Pilli swaying it’s branches from side to side.
Little seeds fall like snow. I wonder what those seeds will grow? Carrots? Pumpkins? Potatoes? Another plant?
I pick them up.
I plant them in a dirt patch and go inside to read about seeds. It is still a bit windy, I hope the wind doesn’t snatch them.
The day after that it is still windy, I hear a loud pop! What could it be?
Oh no, a little egg has fallen out of a tree. It’s cracked! But then I see a beak, a leg, a feathery head and a kookaburra pops out and is blown away in the wind.
I look at the dirt patch while I’m outside. I see a tiny, tiny sprout.
Suddenly the clouds go grey and it’s starting to rain. Then the wind comes again.
The leaves of the sprout gradually curl in and sink into the eye of the soil.
Mummy calls me in because it’s windy and rainy, but I don’t want to leave my poor little plant. I tell mummy I need to protect my sprout. Can she help me?
Mummy says, “Sure darling, I can do that. Now please come inside before you lose your hat.”
Mummy puts a glass bowl over my sprout.
The windy, rainy days keep coming.
My little plant is growing strong under the bowl. Soon it is too big for the bowl but it still gets stronger.
One day I look out my window and my plant has grown up. It is a beautiful Lilli Pilli plant and I love the fruit of a Lilli Pilli - it is exquisite (but if you eat too many your fingers turn purple).
I run down to my mummy and say,
“Those delicious seeds are ready to go in my tummy!”

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