During the summer holidays, I have been waking up early every morning to train for the race. This race is held every day during recess at my school, Lark Creek Elementary. Winning in this race is very important to me as I can have something to be proud of. I remember that one time last year when I had won. It was the 22nd of April, a drizzly Monday. For the rest of the day, I was hailed as 'the fastest kid in the third, fourth and fifth grades'. This changed my schoolmates' image of me as I had been that 'crazy little kid that draws all the time' since I was in first grade.

If I win the race again, May Belle would be extremely proud that her brother had won the race. She would tell our father and he would be so proud that he would forget how tired he was from work and wrestle with me like the way we used to.

I have also been helping my mother with the household chores as my father works from dawn to dusk at Washington. I helped to milk Miss Bessie, our cow, and pick beans from the bean patch. I would also help my mother to can them. Thus, I have been very busy throughout my holidays as my two older sisters, Ellie and Brenda, never lift a finger to help around the house and my two younger sisters, May Belle and Joyce Ann are too young to help. Sometimes I really wish that someone would help me lighten my load!