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The garden.

Dinner would be way more fu if we ended it in a food fight.

First we taste it, then we toss it.

Amara.

My clothes don't need anothe way to get stained around here.

A food fight would also be very wasteful of us.

How?

There's so much food at the grocery store.

There's like a hundred versions of chips, corn and water.

Doesn't all water have the same recipe?

Why are there so many of them?

I once counted ten different ketchups.

There were more, but that was the highest I could count at the time.

The grocery store has so much food that Luis once got lost in there.

Yeah, and if that worker didn't help me, I'd still be in the quick noodles aisle.

Yes, the grocery store seems like it has enough food for everyone, but the products there don't always get to the people's plates equally.

Have you ever noticed, Gammy always gets less food than us for dinner?

Is it cause there's not enough of it,so she has to?

I don't know, but if our dinners were a food fight, Gammyd be doomed.

Amara, can I please have my shovel?

I think there's buried treasure on the left side of the house.

Luis, I'm trying to get more foo for Gammy.

Are you gonna dig to the grocery store?

I'm going to plant enough watermelons to feed us, the neighbors, and the squirrels Oh, good idea.

Ill ask Gammy to help us.

No, I want it to be a surprise.

Like she always surprises us with stuff.

She's the best grandma ever.

Even when she snores like a chainsaw.

I want to help surprise her, too.

If you want to help, bury the rest of these seeds while I go turn on the water.

Let's do it.

It's been days.

Where are the watermelons?

I don't know.

I did my part watering them.

Did you do your part?

Singing to them a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x, y and z. Did you sing any other songs?

That's the only song I know.

I've heard you sing Happy Birthday too.

We must be doing something wrong.

Only one way to find out.

No.

We cannot ask Gammy for help.

I won't, I won't.

Gammy, how long does it take a watermelon to grow?

If you planted them today, they would be here in a few months.

Por ahi.

A few months!

I thought they just needed dirt, water and love.

Then boom!

We have watermelons.

Ay, Mija, it's way more complicated than that.

First we plant seeds into the soil, and with enough sun and water, the crops will stretch their roo into the ground.

And then they start to sprout.

Plants grow little by little until they are food to eat.

My science book makes it sound so much quicker than that.

Why are you asking about a garden?

Since the store doesn't always fill everyone's plates, we thought we could help by growing food here.

It was supposed to be a surprise but I'll grow a mustache before we ever grow one watermelon.

Sorry, Gammy.

I have a surprise for you two.

My map was right.

There is treasure on this side of the house.

I planted this garden to make dinner even more exciting than a food fight.

We'll watch it grow, then turn it into something tasty together We should have told you about our garden.

Sorry, Gammy.

We just wanted to help.

No apologies.

You two were trying to do well by others.

And remember, the best way you can help me is by not wasting food and being thankful for the food we do have.

Can we help with your garden?

It's our garden, mija.

So we can all care for it together.

Allow me.

A b c d e f g h I j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y and z. Now I know my a-b-c's.

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