Finalist

The Ginko Tree

 

I am a big fan of color

In the spring

I dye my hair yellow

In the summer

I dye my hair green.

In the fall

my dye fades to brown.

My worst season

is winter

because I go bald.

It takes a while

for my hair

to grow back

but I’m used to it

because it happens

every year.

I get chicken pox

every spring, summer and fall.

The children complain

that I stink.

I am a ginko tree.

 

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S’haniqwa Daniels, age10

New London, Connecticut

Regional Multicultural Magnet School

Teacher: Sally Myers/Christine Wilkie