Comments on ''Mater Juice'Tobias watched from the window sill where he sat soaking up the rays of the sun ripening to a rosy red. He still had a day or so before anyone would care to cut into him. If he'd had a head he would be shaking it sadly.
"I s'pose my brother _Admiral_ Tommy done forgot where came from."
The pie lady was covering her head defensively and shivering in her apron as the fruits pelted her heading for the door.
"See here, name's Tobias Tomato. Actually, 'Mater's what they called us when they picked us and put us in the basket. Yep. They'd say, 'Daddy, what bout dis mater?' Mawmaw, how bout dat mater?' Yep, that's how we ended up here."
Tobias sighed in his tomato reverie. He could feel another area of his tomatoey skin turning red and he shifted on the window sill.
"Looks like I'm almost ripe enough. Well, my Mama always said, 'Son, one day you'll make the finest mater juice around. And that's what I intend to do. See, I come from a long line of Mater Juice 'maters. Don't know what went wrong with Tommy."2008-04-03T17:07:20Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/26512Comment on 'Mater Juice<p>The part about maters made me smile :-) <br />hmm, a rebel …i like it!<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/26512?basename=541672008-04-03T17:07:20Zpaper flowershttp://ficlets.com/authors/paper_flowersComment on 'Mater Juice<p>I loved this one!</p>
<p>Really liked how tomoatoes are maters!</p>
<p>It’s a sad truth that most fruit can’t just accept their fate and live with it…</p>
<p>LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/26512?basename=537562008-04-02T01:06:43ZOrangeOreoshttp://ficlets.com/authors/orangeoreosComment on 'Mater Juice<p>And that’s <em>the rest of the story</em>. I like the loyal fruits who see dignity in their jobs as well!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/26512?basename=535522008-04-01T12:25:38Zthebetweenspacehttp://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspaceComment on 'Mater Juice<p>hahaha no your right we cant have that. great story. nothing like seeing it from the other side.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/26512?basename=535502008-04-01T11:42:40Zlilly <3http://ficlets.com/authors/user_6077Comment on 'Mater Juice<p>Weellll…. technically speaking, the edible part of a “plant” is a “fruit.” ;) But that’s getting a little deep. Then we’ll have cashews and peanuts bolting from the jar. :O <br />.<br />And we can’t have that. :D</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/26512?basename=535222008-04-01T03:14:43ZJenuniquehttp://ficlets.com/authors/jenuniqueComment on 'Mater Juice<p>Funny mater juice, and I guess a tomato is a fruit.. grows on a vine.. and <br /> didn’t Reagan say ketchup was a vegetable?<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/26512?basename=535122008-04-01T02:15:47ZSKermitgorfhttp://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorfComment on 'Mater Juice<p>okay. I couldn’t stand it any longer. ;) And being the rebel, I had to do this. :D</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/26512?basename=535082008-04-01T02:11:05ZJenuniquehttp://ficlets.com/authors/jenunique