Corn Maze Craze; Skydive and SpaceX; Songs From Above
October 19, 2012
A corn maze in Rhode Island
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.
I’m June Simms.
On our show this week, we tell about sky divers and space flight.
We also play some sky and space songs.
But first we go get lost in a very special kind of corn field…
Corn Maze Craze
Growing food is the main job of farmers. But in the United States, some farmers are growing another crop -- harvest-time fun. This “agri-entertainment” can include pick-your-own pumpkin fields and horror houses guaranteed to frighten visitors around Halloween time.
And then there is the corn maze.
Barbara Klein has our report.
The corn is as high as an elephant’s eye at the Denver Botanic Garden’s demonstration farm. The tall green plants in this three and one-half hectare field are filled with ripening ears of corn. They will be used when they are ready to feed livestock.
But right now, the crop is profitable. People from the city pay to enter the corn field at one place and try to find their way out another.
This is called a corn maze. The tall plants grow in rows that create many paths that suddenly end. Visitors can find circular trails and rectangular routes that lead to nowhere.
Visitor David Williams says he will not get lost.
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