someone at the snack table
noticed something and shared it with others
they all tested it out
made a conclusion
and a perfect decision.
they said that if the carrots made a crunchy sound and snapped
they tasted better and would eat them
if they didn’t, and were bendy
they would donate them to scruffy the guinea pig.
everyone agreed.
a win- win
a perfect and brilliant solution
and a great life lesson for the future foodies.
—
“a good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. “
-plato
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Made the same observation and we gave them grated into the doggies’ food. (Sorry pets).
Kids are marvellous….. and so are you, short(est) story writer 🙂
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I am always fascinated when children try to make sense of the world. Everything is new
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I love those moments when the lightbulb comes on for them, as they try to figure out the world. they often see things much more clearly than adults -) and thank you.
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So very wise indeed, Beth.
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Yes, they know what’s going on
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“bendy” carrots..haha..I have a guinea pigs’ farm worth.
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We probably all have some
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Not to me likes a bendy carrot — except maybe the guinea pig. Great post.
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That was an autocorrect nightmare. Should read “no one likes…
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😻
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I think you’re right
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I love the analytical thinking, and I think we all need a Scruffy option!
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Don’t we ever?!
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I don’t always remember to consider the options that kid who lives inside me notices. Thanks for the reminder. 🙂
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Listen to your inner kid
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I remember trying to teach that principle to my business communication students who’d been indoctrinated all through their school years to reach consensus rather than truth or the best solution. It was so difficult.
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It is a universal lesson
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I love this! Sound decision making.
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I think so too
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I think the child I once was might have pretended my carrots were bendy every day.
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I have always felt that way about beets
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This was fun (I always hated bendy carrots…and in this climate/heat, by lunch all of them were bendy.
Thanks for the giggles
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My pleasure)
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Cute 😉
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Thanks!
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Wisdom AND consideration.
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Everyone wins
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Brilliant!
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Well thought out
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Bendy carrots are totally gross, even for the wee piggy. Blah. Smart kids.
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Yes-
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Children are so wise. Why is it we seem to forget this straightforward approach when we grow up?
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Such food for thought
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P.S. “Bendy carrots” do get crispy again if they sit in water in the fridge for a day 😄
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Good to know)
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I agree with the decision!
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I did too!
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it took me fifty years to learn that lesson! and I think numbers can sometimes help support a decision 🙂
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It all plays in –
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Brilliant. I love it when there’s an animal you can give food scraps and such too. We do that with our chickens. I’m glad most animals aren’t picky.
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yes, luckily most are quite happy to share with us
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I totally agree.
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thank you
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Great life lesson. My class has a guinea pig, too – Ella the Fella.
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great name
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❤️
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