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The Carrot Seed
3 short stories of conviction inspired by Ruth Krauss’ children book
After reading this short story with my 7-year-old, a simple kindergarten book report homework inspired thoughts that eventually found their way onto this page. I hope you discover in its simple wording, more than I did.
The Story
A little boy planted a carrot seed
His mother said, “I’m afraid it won’t come up.”
His father said, “I’m afraid it won’t come up.”
And his big brother said, “It won’t come up.”
Every day the little boy pulled out the weeds around the seed and sprinkled the ground with water.
But nothing came up.
And nothing came up.
Everyone kept saying it wouldn’t come up.
But he still pulled out the weeds around it every day and sprinkled the ground with water.
And then one day, a carrot came up
Just as the little boy had known it would.
Much has been said about determination and consistency but in the last two pages of this simple story, I stumbled on a different perspective on knowledge, prescience, and conviction. To frame my thoughts, I will share three other stories — stories of real people I…
