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The Seed Who Wouldn't Grow

by Rao Marupudi

Every seed around it grew. This one did not.

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Patience · Self-worth

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About this story

A seed compares itself to the fast growers and decides it is broken. What it learns is that growing is not a race and that some of the tallest things take the longest to begin. A story about patience and self-worth.

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