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“Hard work brings a good harvest.”


            “Your grandpa raised a lot of chickens and geese.  Sometimes, your grandpa  stays  at home alone
            He must feed the animals and go to dirty places  because I must go to your cousin’s house to help
            to clean the cages. He is very hardworking.  He  care for the baby. Your grandpa would cook, sleep,
            even had a small farm behind the house. He would  and then clean the house. He loves you very much,
            harvest the vegetables and collect the eggs that  so when you return to Singapore, please call and
            the chickens  lay.  He would bring the eggs and  talk to him to cheer him up,” said my grandma.
            vegetables to the fridge so that  they could stay
            fresh longer and we could eat them next time. The                              Koh Jia Xuan Katherine
            geese had two goslings so that you could play with                                        Primary 5.5
            them.







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