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Monkton Farming by Myles Towsley

Submitted by ggevalt on April 11, 2007 - 11:02.

This piece tied for third in the 2007 Farming prompt contest, an annual event. Students and farmers judged the 175 submissions.

A stroll through a farm in Monkton
By Myles Towsley
Monkton Central School, Grade 4

If a cat were to walk
through a farm in Monkton
they would see
a silo the size of a skyscraper
cows like giant Trojan horses
obese chickens with eggs the size of bowling balls
pigs running around like hippos
a hayloft like a vast desert stretching across the barn
hay elevators as tall as escalators
but that is only how the cat sees it.

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