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Kids say…

This week the students are second graders at Prairieview-Ogden South. This post is sponsored by Longview Bank.

Would you like to be a farmer? Why or why not?

Sydney: No because I don’t want to plant food.

Madison: Yes because I get to live in the cuntrey.

Dorian: Yes, becaus cows.

Owen: Yes, it mit be fun.

Catlin: Yes, bekos I will have cows and chickens and dogs and pigs.

By Nora Maberry May 27, 2019

in Life

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