By Emily Eastman
2nd grade, San Diego county
Illustrated by Winters High School Students
Jackie and her mom work on a ranch.
One day Jackie and her mom were picking
persimmons to sell to the store. While they were working, one of the
persimmons woke up. Jackie put it in the box.
Suddenly a bird came down and picked up a persimmon from the box. He opened his beak ready to take a bite and all of a sudden the persimmon started to talk. The bird was so surprised she almost fell out of the nest.
The persimmon said, "I can tell you a story about persimmons."
"What do you know?" said the bird. "I picked you up from a box."
"My mom told me a lot about persimmons," said the persimmon.
"Can you tell me a story?" said the bird.
"Sure!" said the persimmon. "Well, first we are put into a box. After that, we go to the packing house. Then we go on a ride on a machine that cleans us up and sorts us by size. Then we go in a box with a special liner to keep us safe and snug. Next, a whole bunch of boxes are put in a big container. The container is then put on an airplane going to some place far away. Some persimmons go to Chicago or New York. Some persimmons go to Canada. Others go really far away to places like China, Thailand and Singapore. So you see, little bird, the life of a persimmon can be very interesting"
"I wish I was a persimmon," said the bird.