Our Garden
Our Garden Our Garden Every day on the way to school we walked by an empty lot. The grass was overgrown and littered with things people had thrown away. There were pieces of wood, empty bottles and cans, and old tires all over the ground. Years ago there had been a store there, but the store had closed and the building was torn down. Since then, no one had cared for the empty lot. "All that litter makes our city look dirty," Kate said one day. "We could clean out that lot and make it a nice pl
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Our Garden
Our Garden
Every day on the way to school we walked by an empty lot.The grass was overgrown and littered with things people had thrown away.There were pieces of wood, empty bottles and cans, and old tires all over the ground.Years ago there had been a store there, but the store had closed and the building was torn down.Since then, no one had cared for the empty lot.
"All that litter makes our city look dirty," Kate said one day."We could clean out that lot and make it a nice place for people to enjoy."
"We could turn it into a park!" said Jim.
"Or a basketball court!" said John.
Then I had an idea."I know what we can do," I said."We can plant a beautiful garden.That would give this old lot new life!"
"A garden?" asked my friends."That's a great idea!" they agreed.
We told our parents all about our idea.They were excited about our plan and wanted to help.They suggested that we go to City Hall and talk with the mayor of our city.He would know if we would be allowed to plant our garden on the empty lot.
The next day after school we all met with the mayor to discuss our plan."That's a wonderful idea!" exclaimed Mayor Smith."Children, you may begin your work on your garden as soon as you'd like!" he told us excitedly.
Soon, summer vacation began.The weather was sunny and warm.We had plenty of free time, but we would not be lazy that summer.We were ready to begin our work at the old lot.
On the first day, we looked all around the lot to decide what needed to be done."What a mess!" everybody said.
"Don't worry. We can clean this up," I said.It was a big job, but we were ready to work together as partners to clean up the lot.
Jim picked up trash. Kate collected all the newspaper for recycling.We worked hard and did not cheat in our effort.
Our parents had their regular jobs to go to during the day.They didn't have much time to help us.But whenever they could they came by to pick up the sharp glass from broken bottles.
When Mayor Smith wasn't busy running the city, he came to help pull up weeds."This old lot is looking great!" he exclaimed happily.
