“When I Am Grown,” Friend, July 1996, 33
When I Am Grown
1. When I am grown and earn my way,
I wonder what I’ll be.
Since I can’t tell the future,
I’ll just pretend and see.
2. I could be a doctor
and help to heal the sick.
If I take good care of them,
they might get better quick.
3. I could be an astronaut
and fly up into space.
I don’t know if there’s pizza there—
I’ll take some just in case.
4. A teacher helps the children
to learn to read and write.
I’d better study hard right now
so I can teach them right!
5. As a farmer, I’d till the soil
to grow vegetables or grain.
Surely Heavenly Father will bless me
when I pray to Him for rain.
6. There’s one thing that I’m certain
I really want to be.
I’ll proudly wear a name tag
when I’m a missionary!
Illustrated by Julie F. Young