The Little Red Pepper (A Tale About the Chili Star)

The Little Red Pepper (The Chili Star)By Ben B. Boothe, Sr. (writing for the Chili Star) 

I grew up on a farm in Mexico, and I remember how excited I was on harvest day. I had been growing and hanging around my pepper plant for months, and I was ready for a change of scenery.  

First I heard the rumbling, and then I saw them! Trucks roared up, kicking up dust on the farm road to our farm. They screeched and rattled to a stop, and workers with Mexican sombreros poured out into the fields, picking us one by by one with their big calloused hands. Those hands were my way out of here, and so I welcomed the sight of them. 

“What if they skip me or don’t pick me?” I wondered. “What if I am not red enough?”…

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