Sunshine Friends

by Nancy I. Sanders

Characters
Seed #1
Seed #2
Seeds
Sunflower #1
Sunflower #2
Sunflowers

Seed #1: We are little. I feel sleepy.
Seed #2: We are small. I feel cold.
Seeds: Cover us with a warm blanket of dirt.
Seed #1: Tuck us in our beds.
Seed #2: Give us a cup of water to drink.
Seeds: Good night!

Seed #1: Good morning, sun!
Seed #2: Shine your happy face on us.
Seeds: It’s time to wake up.
Seed #1: Stretch! We’ll poke our roots out.
Seed #2: Stretch! We’ll poke our stems out.
Seeds: Let’s push our way up out of bed.

Sunflower #1: Hello, world! My name is sunflower.
Sunflower #2: Hello, world! I’m a sunflower, too.
Sunflowers: Hello, friends! We’re all sunflowers.
Sunflower #1: We wave to our friends with our new leaves.
Sunflower #2: We look at our friends with our new buds.
Sunflowers: We’re growing together in a row.

Sunflower #1: Let’s have a race. Who can grow the fastest?
Sunflower #2: On your mark, get set, go.
Sunflowers: Up, up, up we grow.
Sunflower #1: Taller, taller, taller.
Sunflower #2: Higher, higher, higher.
Sunflowers: Let’s climb way up to the sun.

Sunflower #1: We are big. I feel happy.
Sunflower #2: We are tall. I feel strong.
Sunflowers: Our faces full of seeds smile to our friends.
Sunflower #1: Look! Our seeds fall out and land on the ground.
Sunflower #2: Cover them up with a blanket of dirt.
Sunflowers: Good night, little seeds. Sleep tight!
Soon you’ll wake up and grow into our sunshine friends.
Good night!