Little Miss Mary Medley
The Garden Girl
By: Donna Danielle McCartney
Across the barren fields of forgotten farms was a tiny
patch of much loved land.
And every day Little Miss Mary Medley could be found
tending her garden greens.
In a time when vegetables were as good as gold, more
precious than pearls, and more delicious than diamonds, Little Miss Mary Medley
grew her veggies just to give them away.
Mother Nature’s magic rested in a willow basket,
swinging from Little Miss Mary Medley’s arm as she skipped down the dusty
trail.
Covering many a country mile, Little Miss Mary Medley
made her way to the blacksmith.
She left him with a pocket full of potatoes and a
smile.
Trotting beside a black beauty, Little Miss Mary Medley
kicked the dust off her heels.
The little girl offered a bunch of broccoli, wrapped in
ribbons, to the rider.
Dancing to a melody all her own, Little Miss Mary
Medley twirled toward a southern belle.
She slipped a pack of peppy peppers into the hands of a
lovely lady.
Little Miss Mary Medley chased after a man of the law
with a tin badge and a ten gallon hat.
Leaving him the most crooked squash from her garden.
Continuing on her quest, Little Miss Mary Medley raced
to a one room school house at the top of the hill.
And handed out carrots like they were candy sticks, to
the children who giggled as they tried to contain the crunch.
Teaching a lesson to everyone, even the one who’d come
to teach, Little Miss Mary Medley shared the goodness.
The garden girl left a tasty tomato on the teacher’s
desk before heading home to a tiny patch of much loved land.
As the sun slipped below the trees, Little Miss Mary
Medley whispered “Mother Nature’s magic is mighty powerful … best eat those
garden greens!”
Character sketch: Little Miss Mary Medley is a black
girl with bright green eyes with a blown back bonnet.
The story setting is similar to Little House
on the Prairie.