The Carrot Seed

I put a seed into the ground

And said, "I'll watch it grow."

I watered it and cared for it

As well as I could know.

One day I walked in my back yard,

And oh, what did I see!

My seed had popped itself right out

Without consulting me.

                -Gwendolyn Brooks

The Carrot Seed

Ruth Krauss

Crockett Johnson 1945

A cold weekend, but Charlotte and I were out planting seeds in the garden (c'mon kale, lettuce and peas!). I've never had much luck with growing carrots. One year we planted them and they were skinny little things. Nothing like the giant carrot that appears in this story!