436. Anthony's garden
© Bruce Goodman 20 December 2014






Seven year old Anthony had grown radishes in his garden, but never anything else. But this year he had planted some cabbages. Their time came.

His mother was cooking a roast: roast beef, roast potatoes, roast carrots.

“Anthony, why don’t you pop out to your garden and get a cabbage to go with dinner?”

Oh, the excitement! That evening, during the meal, Anthony was able to proclaim: Everything, just everything, except for the beef, potatoes and carrots, he had grown in his garden.


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