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talk to them."

"What do you say to them?" I

asked.

"I tell them they are very good

tomatoes, and that I love them. I also

tell them thank you for giving me food.

But they still don't produce very well.

Everything they give me is green and

undersized."

"Do you fertilize them?" I asked.

"Yes. I get a load of fertilizer from

the dairy farm that is just down the

road."

"Maybe that's the problem," I said.

"What?" she asked.

"You tell them how beautiful and

wonderful they are, then you dump a

load of cow poop all over them. I think

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