The Chimney Boy, Part 1

August 8-15, 2009

One day a long time ago there was a boy who loved to eat sweet potatoes.

His dream was to have a big farm and grow as many sweet potatoes and pumpkins and squash and white potatoes and greens and beans and broccoli and carrots and turnips and asparagus and green peas and blackeye peas and purple hull peas and brussels sprouts and okra and rice and teff and millet and buckwheat and onions and garlic and rosemary as the grocery store. He would have his farm in Alaska so he could catch wild salmon. He would hunt so he could eat venison.

He dreamed for all this food because he was so hungry for something other than hot dogs.

The boy's name was Henry but everyone called him Chimney Boy. He had to sweep the chimneys all over the city. He only Henry was so busy working and his family was not nice. They only gave him hot dogs and took all his money he earned.

Henry the Chimney Boy wants to save his money for his farm, his tractor and all the seeds and the farm equipment he will need. He has catalogs and he dreams about driving his tractor.