The Vevvy Quefum

(The “Veggie Question”) by Elliott Anderson

There are many many vegetables in the world.

Which would you like to be?
Do you want to be a tomato? Or would

you prefer to be celery?

Think of the size and shape of a good tomato. The

skin which puffs back out when you push it in with the

tip of your fingernail. The color.

Many tomatoes are not healthy, or pretty to look at,

but if you could be a tomato, the healthiest and best

tomato you could be,

Wouldn’t that be better than being celery?

Some would like to be celery because of the better

living conditions. All of you together in a little bunch,

growing quickly and shooting up into the air. So nice!

But that’s the life of a celery plant. That’s not the

being of a celery plant.

That’s not who you are.

Some say that bananas are better. They are sleeker.

Their skin is smoother. And all bananas are good

looking, even when they are old and freckly!

So would you prefer to be a banana instead of a

tomato?

Bananas have a good life. Think of the wonderful

climate. The beautiful blue skies. The warm earth, the

breezes. The company, everyone together, growing

together in a nice little bunch. Growing and growing,

pointing up together towards the sky.

Even after harvest you're still together!

And the travelling you’d do. All over the world

you’d travel. Here and there and everywhere!!

Everybody loves you! You’re even welcome in places

where you don’t grow.

Wow, so cool.

So which would it be? A celery? A banana? A tomato? A tomato is what I’d like to be.