THE WATER MELON CONTEST

My Dad’s name is Walter Johnson and if ever there was a man who loves a contest, my Dad is the one.

Every year he would enter the County Fair contest. He loved growing watermelons but each year someone always beat him out with a bigger melon. 

He swore that this year he would win…or bust a gut. It’s after May, now, and Pa has planted a patch of watermelons in the hope that his glorious giant melon will not only crown him the winner, but will also make him the talk of our little township, Muddy Fork.

Ma can hardly stand being around him after the watermelon patch is planted. He gets her up at four in the morning, and then goes out with a flashlight to check

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Verlag: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG

Texte: Stanley McQueen
Lektorat: Valerie Byron
Tag der Veröffentlichung: 05.11.2012
ISBN: 978-3-95500-861-1

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