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Personal Narrative: Tall Dale

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I once meet a farmer named Tall Dale. Ole Tall Dale wasn't tall at all…. In fact he was only 5’6”. He would work hard during the hot summer, only starting to sweat when the temperature got to one hundred and five degrees. During a good growing season, his wheat would grow eight feet tall and his corn ten feet. That's taller then anyone else’s crop in the whole state of North Dakota. Some days his wife, Sue goes out into the field to find him and tell him dinner is ready, but she had to stop because she often got lost in the tall fields of corn and wheat. Tall Dale has been farming since the minute he learned to walk. When he was five, he joined 4H and entered his plants in contests. He won millions of contests and never lost. Not only was Tall Dale’s crop the biggest, but it also tasted the best. One time he entered a contest where you could make anything you wanted, but you had to have corn incorporated in what you made. He made this amazing corn bread that he cooked in a cast iron skillet over coals. I tried some and I couldn't stop eating it. I ate a whole pot. It was a soft yellow color and had pieces of corn in it. It was light, moist and fluffy. …show more content…

During the winter all of Tall Dale’s children complain about walking to the bus stop together in the cold, but he remains them that he had to walk 5 miles to school up hill both ways. He has eight kids. Ray, is twenty three and she is going to college to become a lawyer. Jean, is twenty and is a farmer with his dad. Paul, is seventeen and is a senior in high school. He has no idea what he wants to do, but he helps out on the farm. As do all the other kids. James, who is fifteen and a sophomore in high school. Allen, who is fourteen and a freshman. Ella, who is twelve and an seventh grader. May, who is ten and is in fifth grade. Last but not least, Philip, who is seven and in third

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