An assignment almost every little kid has to do is write about their favorite place. This is my favorite piece of writing I've ever done.
While everyone else wrote about Disney Land and Hawaii, I wrote about Grandma Dode's backyard. Her 99 acres had everything a adventurous kid could dream of. From the beach to a "mountain", you could explore for days.
I wrote about the pack of odd coyotes my grandma and I would see when she would babysit me, strolling down to the barn like it was no big deal. My cow who my cousin Morgan and I fought over whether her name was Suzy or Sally; how she fell in a pot hole and died a few days after we finally agreed on one(I don't even remember which one we chose now). I mentioned how the hill of our playhouse turned red with the apples it's trees produced in the fall, and how the bay reflected the orange leaves on cold, sunny fall days.
The quality of my paper wasn't astonishing, but for a second grader it was pretty good. It was my favorite assignment because when I read it to my grandma and grandpa, they just smiled and their eyes glowed. I knew it made them happy, and it was that reaction that made writing the piece worth it.
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