'Mater Juice

by Jenunique

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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.”

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. 'Mater Juice

    Jenunique's Buddy Icon Jenunique

    Posted 3 months ago

    okay. I couldn’t stand it any longer. ;) And being the rebel, I had to do this. :D

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    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Funny mater juice, and I guess a tomato is a fruit.. grows on a vine.. and
    didn’t Reagan say ketchup was a vegetable?
    LoA

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    Jenunique's Buddy Icon Jenunique

    Posted 3 months ago

    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
    .
    And we can’t have that. :D

  4. 'Mater Juice

    lena's Buddy Icon lena

    Posted 3 months ago

    hahaha no your right we cant have that. great story. nothing like seeing it from the other side.

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    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    And that’s the rest of the story. I like the loyal fruits who see dignity in their jobs as well!

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    OrangeOreos' Buddy Icon OrangeOreos

    Posted 3 months ago

    I loved this one!

    Really liked how tomoatoes are maters!

    It’s a sad truth that most fruit can’t just accept their fate and live with it…

    LoA

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    paper flowers' Buddy Icon paper flowers

    Posted 3 months ago

    The part about maters made me smile :-)
    hmm, a rebel …i like it!
    LoA

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