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There once was a eggplant named Oscar. While all 

the other fruits and vegetables lived inside the 

refrigerator, Oscar lived by himself in a bowl on the 

kitchen counter. 

He could often hear them singing fun songs like 

"Wheels on the Bus" and "Row Row Row your 

Boat" (in the round, no less). 

He wished he could join in with them, but there were 

two problems. First, he was stuck on this bowl in the 

kitchen. Second, he couldn't sing!

One morning, he woke up to find someone else on 

the kitchen table. It was a banana.

"Hello, Banana," said Oscar. "What's your name?"

But the banana didn't answer. It just looked at him.

Maybe he didn't hear me, thought Oscar. "HELLO 

BANANA, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?"

Still, the banana did not respond.   This is irritating, 

thought Oscar. Finally someone to talk to, but he 

doesn't talk!

   All day Oscar tried to make the banana talk. 

But she just didn't talk! 

      Finally Oscar tried introducing himself. "Hi, 

I'm Oscar. Who are you? Please answer me. I 

always wanted a friend to play and talk with." 

         It was still no use. Oscar thought he 

would never have a friend again until 

Shortcake came.

All day Oscar tried to make banana talk. But she didn't 

even twitch her mouth.

Finally he lost his temper and shouted at banana, "WHY 

WON'T YOU TALK TO ME?!?"

Banana said, "I'm very shy. My name is Jessica. It's a 

very weired name for a banana. And your name must 

be Oscar. You told me before right?" Oscar started 

crying for joy. He had thought that banana would never 

talk. For a few days they had so much fun together. 

Jessica had never felt so attached before. She was now 

thinking of him as a boyfriend secretly. And Oscar was 

thinking her as a girl friend secretly too.

         Until Shortcake came.....

It was a sunny day. Oscar and Jessica were 

laughing and Jessica was teaching him how to 

sing when suddenly from a plastic bag out 

came a strawberry. For one thing, the 

strawberry was talkative. As soon as she got 

here, she started talking and introducing 

herself. Her name was Shortcake. For another 

thing, she was prettier than Jessica. One day 

while Oscar thought Jessica was sleeping, he 

told Shortcake what he thought about her 

beauty. That got Jessica mad.

A Few long weeks later......

Jessica finally thought of a plan to get 

rid of Shortcake. She was going to tell a 

lie.

Meanwhile...........

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