In Bible times, many fields were sown with grain during the planting season. A person would walk through the field with a sack over one shoulder. He would take handfuls of seed and throw seed out around him as he walked through the field.
The soil in Palestine is very rocky. At times it is nothing but rocks. Sometimes rocks are cleared from an area so that planting can be done in good soil. People literally made paths as they walked through the fields. There were no sidewalks, so people tended to follow the path that others had taken to walk through the fields. This ground became hard along these paths. These were known as the waysides. Then, of course, there was the very good soil.
The seed that fell on the stony ground could start to grow, but it could not really make a root system. Thus, when the sun beat down, it withered and died. The seed that fell on the side could not begin to grow. The birds ate it up before it could begin to grow. This is because the seed was out in the open where it could be seen by the birds. The seed that fell on the good ground was able to take root and grow.
In Matthew 13, Jesus told the Parable of the Sower. In the parable, God is the Sower and individuals are the ground. The difference between real ground and real persons is that persons make a choice as to what type of ground they are. Jesus came to earth to sow the seed of the kingdom. Some listened to Him and some did not.
Today, God sows the seed through the written Word and Christians. Some of the seed will fall on good ground and some of it will fall on stony ground and the waysides. What type of soil are you? Will God the Sower find you to be good ground? Will you bring forth fruit like you should (Matthew 13:23)?
Keep reading your Bible. Study it and obey what God wants you to do. Be fruitful, and if any of this is hard to understand, ask an adult to help you.
