the worm.
* * * * *
The Cabbage and the Beet had had a race, and the Cabbage won.
"It couldn't be otherwise," sighed the Beet. "The Cabbage was made to
come out a head, and I to be Beet."
* * * * *
"That squash is the funniest-looking squash I ever saw," said the Turnip
to the Potato. "He's round and flat like a pin-cushion. Looks as if
somebody'd stepped on him."
"Yes," said the Potato. "He looks more like a squush than a squash."
* * * * *
"I wish you'd keep quiet," said the Dormouse to the Corn-stalk. "You
make so much noise I can't sleep."
"Well, if you had as many corns as I have, you wouldn't be a bit
quieter," retorted the Corn-stalk.