The Gift - An Earth Day Story by Kim Moon Meredith held the worm up in front of her grandmother. Mimi nodded as Meredith returned the earthworm to the soil and kept digging the hole for the flower she was planting.
Earthworms make their tunnels all over the place underground.
Every tunnel that they make leaves space for air to flow under there. That is called aerating the soil, and it helps plants grow. That helps the plants, and us, because we enjoy the plants. They finished planting the flowers and Mimi went inside while Meredith and her grandfather worked on their birdhouses in Pawpaw's workshop. Daddy said that he would give me some money, but then it really wouldn't be a present from me.