A Veggietale

Dinner time.

Mom was still in the living room when dinner was served.

Mat: Mom, do you like vegetables?
Mom: Hm? No. I don't like.
Mat: Why? 
Mom: I just don't like. You don't like vegetables either, do you?
Mat: I like vegetables. Really. I eat carrots, broccoli .. 
Mom: O yea, you do.

Then Mat went missing for a while .. and then re-appeared back in the living room ..

Mat: Mom, your dinner is ready. 
Mom: Ok. Just a minute.
Mat: Mom, you have to eat vegetables. It is healthy for you. And the baby can grow fat too.
Mom: Oooookay!
Mat: Eat your vegetables. 
Mom: I will.
Mat: Moooom .. your dinner ..
Mom: Ok, ok.

Mom headed toward the dining table ..

*shocked*

.. as she was dumbfounded looking at her dinner plate ..

A plate full of white rice, totally covered by sauted green vegetables on top. Only rice and veggies. Nothing else.

*horrified by the prospect of being a vegetarian for one night*

Mom: Mathieu! Were you the one who prepared my plate??
Mat: Yes. You have to eat it all, ok?

With flashbacks on her mind .. "Mathieu, eat your broccoli" .. "I put some carrots in your lunch, you have to eat it all, ya" .. "Try this spinach, it's sweet, good for you" .. "Mathieu! Why didn't you eat your vegetables?? No excuse. Finish it all!" ..

.. would Mom have a heart to disobey the good advise? You think?

Children are good students .. and better teachers.