Magnolia State

Mississippi are the Magnolia State. A lot of us has magnolia trees in our yards. There are two main ways to keep up a magnolia tree. First is to let the limbs grow, natural-like, all the way to the ground. And second to cut off the bottom limbs to the point where you can't jump up and touch the bottom limb when the tree are growed up good. The main reason not to use the number two way are the leaves. They is big leaves and fall all the time. When I were a boy, my grandpa paid me a dime to rake up his leaves. I would put 'em in a washtub and take down to a place where we burned things and set 'em on fire. When I went up to ask for my dime, grandpa would make me go back over and over and pick up the leaves what fell while I was walking the few feet up to where he were sitting in the porch swing. He would laugh and laugh at how I would get upset 'cause the leaves kept falling behind my sweeping 'em up. After a while he would give in to me and tell me I better run on to town 'cause the picture show were about to start. It cost my whole dime to get in the show, but it were worth it 'cause on Saturdays they had a double feature cowboy show with two cartoons, a short comedy movie, and a serial. I raked all morning and sat in the picture show all afternoon.