Molly and the Bean Stock
Location
The “big kids” walk into the room
I am a small nervous second grader
and my new reading buddy is from a fifth grade class
I am a pea and they are all bean stocks
“Hello Ben”
My new reading buddy from a fifth grade class
pulls out a beautiful picture book and begins to read
but I don’t pay attention
because he is a magical big kid
I open the door to the high school and it makes the silent sort of noise
the silent sort of noise that whispers motivation
and I step into the high school not knowing who I am
And senior year runs right into me
I am stunned and confused
knowing only that
I am no longer a pea, but a bean stock