Picking Strawberries
There is a story still told to us,
Of how my mother and her siblings got in a fuss,
While picking strawberries for a neighbor nearby,
Little Julia ultimately began to cry,
Because she had eaten too many and her belly hurt,
My Uncle Jim said, “Let’s all help her work”,
Little sister needs to finish her row,
He said, “Let’s all help her before we go”,
Aunt Dorothy reluctantly lent a hand,
Aunt Sylvia did not quite understand,
Why did they have to do their work and hers too?
But it was hot and they had more chores to do,
For a penny a box
they picked before school,
And they tried to practice “the golden rule”,
It was a mile to walk home after they were done,
Should we assume they were having fun?!
Tammy Harvey
4/30/2026
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