The Adventures of the Vegetable Stalker, Veggie Goes To Work

Or, I can’t believe he ate the whole thing.

Continued from The Adventurers of the Vegetable Stalker: Preface

We had a lot of fun in those early days. Everywhere we went people were either excited or annoyed by what Veggie was attempting to do. Of course we didn’t care if we annoyed a few folk ’cause most people seemed to like us if for no other reason than to see what we might do next. Besides, it’s not every day a poet and a vegetable come to visit so most folks were excited to meet us. Of course it wasn’t all about hanging out at bars and picking up barmaids. Sometimes it was just plain hard work. You never know when you leave for work in the morning just how your day might turn out and our lives were no different. For Veggie and I, work was an adventure in itself, but neither of us ever expected the adventures to start on the way to the job…

Veggie Goes To Work

“Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work I go…”

The Vegetable Stalker sang a tune as he walked to work today, thinking of the many foods he had yet to slay. Was then he heard an angry mob a shoutin’ and a yellin’ for overturned there in the road was a load of watermelons.

The melons were all ripe and firm. He knew they would be sweet. There were watermelons everywhere. They covered all the street. And while the people stopped and stared, and others blew their horns, ol’ Veggie, he just went to work. “Look out!” Ol’ Veggie warned.

Was then he dived into the pile of melons white and green, a machete he swung oh so fast, like none have ever seen; an’ it only took a minute more ‘fore them melons all were pieces to serve to all the people there, their nephews, aunts, and nieces.

So they all joined to eat their way to help and clear the road, an’ the driver started eating too. Or so I have been told. And Veggie asked, “Please tell me, Sir, where did you get this load?” Then off he ran to get into adventures not yet told.

“Wow! Veggie’s a hero again. Who would have ever thought he knew how to share? Perhaps Fruit E. and Candy Apple Stalker did a better job raising their son then they’ve been given credit for. And where is the mighty Vegetable Stalker going now? Y’all stay tuned to find out when the Adventures of the Vegetable Stalker continue with The Vegetable Stalker Gets Carried Away.”

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