Comment from Bobby Jo

Excellent

This is a cute story. I loved the innocence in the poem of a carefree, summer, childhood day. Thanks for sharing and reminding us to spend time with our children.

 Comment Written 04-Jul-2013

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reply by the author on 04-Jul-2013

Thank you Bobby Jo for your warm comments. I was indeed blessed with a wonderful childhood.

Comment from MidnightWriter4U

Excellent

Good rhyming. Sounds like a fun and active childhood filled with friends and good times. This is the first silkworm club I have heard about. Good luck in the contest.

 Comment Written 04-Jul-2013

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reply by the author on 04-Jul-2013

Thank you for your good wishes. We had such fun with our silkworms. A diet of mulberry leaves gave yellow thread and we were told that lettuce leaves would give white silk. However, the latter diet proved rather expensive so we just stuck to our plentiful supply of mulberry leaves!

reply by MidnightWriter4U on 04-Jul-2013

You are welcome. What an interesting fact. I did not know the color of the silk changed based on diet. MN :)

Comment from ruhama

Good

It sounds like you had lots of fun. The poem is descriptive. I like your fancy free and being barefoot. It gives the feeling of freedom a childhood should have. I think you meant "dams" and not "damns". You covered several aspects of your childhood which give the reader a good picture. Your rhyming was excellent. On the whole, I enjoyed your poem and peeking into your childhood. Thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 04-Jul-2013

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reply by the author on 04-Jul-2013

Thanks so much for pointing out my spelling mistake. I have rectified that.

Comment from CR Delport

Excellent

If I think back at my child hood, it was so carefree and innocent. Sometimes I wish I could have that back. Great poem and good luck.

 Comment Written 04-Jul-2013

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reply by the author on 04-Jul-2013

Thank you for your comments. I guess we were both blessed to have carefree childhoods.