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=Patrick=

===How was I going to get enough money to take care of 6 people? I'm only sixteen, raising an entire family, and have no money. I had to find money quickly for my family, extended and local. I have one brother, two younger sisters, and I live with my mom. My dad died in a car accident with a semi-truck. My entire family used to live back in Ireland in a small cottage and my dad was a sheep farmer. My dad's sheep were eaten by wolves at night and in the morning, he was so disappointed. Unfortunately, my dad found a job as a worker at a processer plant here in Cleveland, Ohio. My grandparents were robbed on night, lost pretty much everything they that they had, but they still wouldn't move out of that cottage. I mean they've been with that cottage for 53 years, so that explains why they won't move. Right now food is the most important thing for all of us, so it was a good thing I stumbled upon the garden. I was on my way to apply for a job when I saw people working in an empty lot. I then found out that it was a small garden that people from all around the neighborhood were working on. I then got a bright idea. What if I plant potatoes, send them to my grandma and grandpa, and they could start a potato farm. Potatoes make a lot of money in Ireland and the potatoes could feed my family here too. The next day, I started planting my potato seeds. Soon, my siblings started helping me plant, water, and harvest the potatoes. Four weeks later, I had seventy dollars. Who knew how much I would have in a month. When I went back to the garden, my potato spuds were huge. I was asking for advice from a little Vietnamese girl, when it started to rain. Everyone ran under an abandoned store awning. When l got home, l thought of how cramped everyone was under that awning. I really wanted to help. I went to the store and bought thirty raincoats. I put them in an extra trash can near the garden. Now if it rains in the garden, we can all work in the rain. Every potato grown was another dollar in the bag for grandma and grandpa. Soon, clovers started to grow around my potatoes only. It was as if Leprechauns had spread their magic to the garden. ===