The Carrot Seed

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The Carrot Seed is a 1945 book by Ruth Krauss.

As of 2004, The Carrot Seed has been in print continuously since its first publication in 1945. It was illustrated by Krauss's husband, Crockett Johnson. It opens with the words "A little boy planted a carrot seed. His mother said, 'I'm afraid it won't come up.' Despite the skepticism of his parents and, particularly, his older brother, he persists and "pulled up the weeds around it every day and sprinkled the ground with water." The book concludes simply "And then, one day, a carrot came up just as the little boy had known it would." It has been regarded as a parable of faith, and the CEO of a Kansas City publicity firm has stated that it is a business motivational tool which "helps in the entrepreneurial spirit sort of way." Much of its charm, however, comes from its credibility as a simple story of something that could actually have happened.