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The Tomato. Vegetable or Fruit.

The other day i was on top of a stack of tomatoes in the produce section from there i saw the carrots, the lettuce, and the potatoes. I’m a tomato named Taylor by the way. at night we and the other vegetables roam around to socialize. Just the other day i met a carrot named Caren.

“Hi, im Taylor. Whats your name?”

“I’m Caren nice to meet you. I’ve never met a tomato before.”

“Well I’ve never met a carrot before. Do mind me asking a few questions? I’m curious.”

“Why not you seem nice, shoot.”

“I have 2 questions. #1 why are carrots orange?”

“Well thats easy we contain lots of carotene. next one.”

“How do you grow?”

“We grow from seeds in a flower. We’re actually roots.”

“You mean their not in you?

“No no vegetables do.”

“Really, then I guess I’m not a veggie then. I have lots of seeds in me.”

“Then why are all of you tomatoes here in the vegetable department?”

“You know what Caren, i don’t know. but, I want to know where I belong” That what set me off on my adventure.

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