Giant Sunflower

6 Giant Sunflower Every year in autumn, the fair comes to our town. There are rides like the Ferris wheel and bumper cars. There are games to play. And best of all, there are competitions. You can win a ribbon for making the best cookies. You can win a ribbon for growing the best vegetables. In fact, there are prizes for almost everything you can think of. I love to grow sunflowers. In our backyard, every year since I was only five years old, I plant some seeds. You would be surprised how BIG those little seeds can grow. Every year, my mom says that I should enter my sunflowers in the fair. There is a contest for growing the tallest sunflower. This year, I decided to take up the challenge. In May, I planted my seeds. I carefully tended my sunflowers, I watered them every day. By the end of June, one plant was nearly a metre tall already. Imagine that! By the end of July, when I measured this sunflower, I needed a ladder to reach the top.

Finally, the day of the fair arrived. My sunflower was 3 metres and 87 centimetres tall. Wow! I cut my sunflower the morning of the fair. I took it over to the fair and entered it into the competition. Then, it was the long wait for the judging to begin. I was nervous. I wanted to take home the red ribbon, the winning prize. I could hardly wait until 4 o'clock. Finally, the moment arrived. I went to the building and there it was! My sunflower was standing there with the winning red ribbon. I was happy. Really happy! Mom gave me a big hug. " See, " she said. " I knew my girl was a good gardener. Now you have a ribbon to prove it. " I went home happy. I hung the ribbon on my wall. It will remind me all winter that gardening is really a fun thing to do.