AKRON, OH—In a statement delivered to friends, family members, and household pets, Kendall Garretson announced Monday that she would like to become an 13-ton, 275-horsepower John Deere row-crop tractor when she grows up.
Garretson, who turned 5 in May, developed an interest in becoming the powerful motor-driven vehicle during a recent trip to her grandfather’s farm. According to sources, the young kindergarten student made her decision based on a number of key factors, including her desire to have “big wheels,” make holes in the ground with “a digger,” and chase birds and butterflies through fields of sunflowers.
“I’m gonna be a tractor,” Garretson said. “Tractors are fun.”
Although Garretson does not have a six-cylinder diesel engine, independent-link suspension, or a comfort command seat with air-suspension swivel, the 5-year-old said she was excited to be both red and shiny someday. Garretson added that as a tractor she would sleep in the barn with the cows and the chickens, but not with the pigs, because the pigs make too much of a mess.
