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How Children Baked Sweet Potatoes in the Fields in the Old T

Every year after sweet potatoes were harvested, there were still some of them remaining under the soil of the farmland.

A very exciting thing for us children was to dig out the sweet potatoes.

We carried a basket and a shovel and went to the sweet potato farmland. Our secret to finding a sweet potato was to find a stem outside of the soil and dig followed it.

After we got a few sweet potatoes, we dug a small ditch in the field and spread the sweet potatoes horizontally on it. Then found some crop straw, put the straw inside the ditch and burned the straw to bake the sweet potatoes.

When the sweet potatoes' color became dark, they were almost done. We stopped burning, pushed the sweet potatoes inside the ditch and covered them with a thick layer of soil.

Ten or twenty minutes later, we could eat the delicious baked sweet potatoes.

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A very exciting thing for us children was to dig out the sweet potatoes.

Ten or twenty minutes later, we could eat the delicious baked sweet potatoes.

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May 24, 2022

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How Children Baked Sweet Potatoes in the Fields in the Old Time

Your title got cut off. I assume that "time" is what you wanted to put at the end.

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How Children Baked Sweet Potatoes in the Fields in the Old T


How Children Baked Sweet Potatoes in the Fields in the Old Time How Children Baked Sweet Potatoes in the Fields in the Old Time

Your title got cut off. I assume that "time" is what you wanted to put at the end.

Every year after sweet potatoes were harvested, there were still some of them remaining under the soil of the farmland.


Every year after sweet potatoes were harvested, there were still some of them remaining under the soil of the farmland. Every year after sweet potatoes were harvested, there were still some of them remaining under the soil.

You don't need "under the farmland" ("field" would be a better choice than "farmland", by the way).

A very exciting thing for us children was to dig out the sweet potatoes.


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We carried a basket and a shovel and went to the sweet potato farmland.


We carried a basket and a shovel and went to the sweet potato farmlanield. We carried a basket and a shovel and went to the sweet potato field.

"Field" is better than "farmland". Farmland is a more extensive concept. For example, "There is a lack of good farmland in our country" or "We wanted to start a potato farm, but farmland is too expensive".

Our secret to finding a sweet potato was to find a stem outside of the soil and dig followed it.


Our secret to finding a sweet potato was to find a stem outsidepoking out of the soil and dig followewhere we found it. Our secret to finding a sweet potato was to find a stem poking out of the soil and dig where we found it.

After we got a few sweet potatoes, we dug a small ditch in the field and spread the sweet potatoes horizontally on it.


After we got a few sweet potatoes, we dug a small ditch in the field and sprealaid the sweet potatoes horizontally inton it. After we got a few sweet potatoes, we dug a small ditch in the field and laid the sweet potatoes horizontally into it.

Then found some crop straw, put the straw inside the ditch and burned the straw to bake the sweet potatoes.


Then found some crop straw, put the straw inside the ditch, and burned the straw to bake the sweet potatoes. Then found some crop straw, put the straw inside the ditch, and burned the straw to bake the sweet potatoes.

Just needed a comma, otherwise perfect.

When the sweet potatoes' color became dark, they were almost done.


When the sweet potatoes' color became got dark, they were almost done. When the sweet potatoes got dark, they were almost done.

Sounds more natural and what a native speaker would say.

We stopped burning, pushed the sweet potatoes inside the ditch and covered them with a thick layer of soil.


We stopped burningput out the fire, pushed the sweet potatoes inside the ditch, and covered them with a thick layer of soil. We put out the fire, pushed the sweet potatoes inside the ditch, and covered them with a thick layer of soil.

Again, no real mistakes, just making the sentence sound better to a native speaker.

Ten or twenty minutes later, we could eat the delicious baked sweet potatoes.


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