My lucky day?
29 05 2003Today, while sitting in the park, I discovered something that I’ve been looking for since I was a young boy, knee high to a grasshopper (That’s an unusual turn of phrase actually. I guess the point is that grasshopper’s knees are actually pretty high up given the average ratio for the animal kingdom tends to make you assume that your knees are lower than your head. Oops. Tangent.) Erm. Yes. I sat down in the park and was, as ever, idly ripping up grass and staring at the ground for my next piece of flora to destroy, when I saw this:
Now, I don’t know if it’s apparant or not from this picture, but this is an actual four leaf clover. Not a shamrock, not a 3 leaf clover with one leaf ripped in half, or even a five leaf clover with one leaf missing. It is an actual example of a clover with 4 leaves. I was quite chuffed to discover this, especially in such an unassuming way. I picked it, brought it back home and put it in this bag, and now I’m pressing it in the hope that it will bring fortitude and joy to my life (okay, okay, it’s just a dead weed. I know. It’ll maybe make a good anecdote one day.)
Now all I need is my copy of the Breakfast Club soundtrack on vinyl to keep it inside. (That’s a Futurama reference, for anyone looking horribly confused)
just the other day sitting in the grass outside of school the exact same thing happened to me! well, almost. see, the whole lawn is full of mutated clovers, so a trend was set and after a while the whole bunch of people were exclaiming “oh look! i found a four leaf clover!”. we also found ones with five and even six leaves. only one person didn’t find a single one, and she tried very hard, and therefor we mocked her endlessly. i pressed the two ones i found and taped them into my journal. just thought i’d share.
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I found my 4 leaf clover in Wales whilst lying on a bed of clover next to the love of my life. It was a glorious hot sunny day. I pressed it, kept it very close to me either in my purse or in my locket. I eventually found a small picture frame which it is now displayed in. I honestly thought that my life would change as a result of my find and I suppose it has. I havn’t won the lottery in fact my financial situation has decreased but I have become very rich in other ways. I knew long before I found the clover that I was a very lucky person and have often wandered how many other people have found the genuine article. I decided to look on the internet today and yours is the first genuine one I have found so far. Very nice to have contacted you. Be happy! sue UK