Once in a vegetable garden far away
there lived a young group of plants called the companions. Better friends than Corn, Zucchini, Lettuce, Basil,
Chives, Tomatoes, old man Rhubarb and the lover-ly Marigold were never before
seen. Certainly not in this garden.
One day wild dragons came. Even Gardener didn’t know how they had got there
but they stayed and started taking over the garden.
The plants all felt threatened by
the beasts. They were afraid the dragons
would wrap their long shinny green tentacles around them and squeeze the life
right out of them.
The dragons were rumored to be aggressive
wild things who would strangle any unsuspecting plant in their path.
The plants of the garden could not
grow fast enough to move out of the way of the oncoming dragons. Something had to be done.
Basil stepped up and suggested that
the companions get in line and go to war.
So with the help of the good giant
known only as Gardener, they were able to turn the dragons aside.
Corn and his family cheered the longest.
The Zucchini family cheered the shortest.
Tomatoes and the rest of the plants were just happy it was over.
A garden party was held all the ladies
and gentlemen of the land were invited to a feast that seemed not to end.
Soon after the great dragon war, the
companions settled back into their daily routine of growing and dreaming of the
thing called harvest that Gardener talked so sweetly about.
