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The Eclectic Pen - I Don't Eat Trees!!!

By: Joseph E. (jemmatcf) - ,  
Date Submitted: 4/5/2008
Genre: Humor & Entertainment » Humor
Words: 202
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“I don’t eat TREES.” “But sweetheart, broccoli is not a tree.” “It’s a tiny tree and I don’t eat trees.” As an adult, I know going against logic is a bad idea. As a father of a three year old, I also know “logical” depends on your frame of reference. For my son, broccoli looked like a tree so he grouped it with the tree family. And he didn’t eat trees. This was not my first time debating my son, so I knew to adjust my world view to match his. “OK, broccoli is a tree, but it’s a tiny tree, so we can eat it.” “But it tastes bad.” Aha! I had him. “You’ve never eaten broccoli. How do you know it tastes bad?” “Broccoli is a tree and it has leaves, and I ate leaves in the backyard and they tasted bad.” I didn’t see that one coming. I took a quick mental inventory of plants in our backyard. Was there anything poisonous? In a solemn tone I said “Sweetheart, you shouldn’t eat leaves, they can make you sick.” “I know Daddy, that’s why I don’t eat broccoli.” He had me. I conceded defeat, scooped up his broccoli and put it on my plate.

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