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Train A Dog To Eat Peas* And You'll Have Him Eating Out Of Your Hand

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Prompt: Vitamins

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“Eat your peas, dear. They're good for you.”
Gaag...
“They have VITAMINS in them. You want to grow up to be big and strong, don't you?”

I WANTED to be strong, but I did NOT want to eat my peas. For some reason, they were my least favorite of the bad vegetables. They always got mushy and cold, and were much easier to push around on the plate with a fork, than to actually eat.

But I had my ways. There was a rule, “you can't have dessert, or leave the table, until you're done with your vegetables".

No matter how hard I tried, the family dog would NOT eat a single pea, ushered under the table to her head, laid in my lap.

Something else must be done!

I learned it from Davy, my hamster that spent a lot of time with me on the piano keys during lesson practice. I used to watch him store up his corn I left for him up on the high-end keys. Into the cheeks it went. He'd actually get top-heavy.

Well, I'd show my folks a thing or two. Scoop the cold, mushy, gross peas into the spoon, stick them in my mouth, ruminate for 15-20 seconds, then ask out the side of my mouth to be excused to go to the bathroom.

Once there, emit them to the toidy, flush, run the sink, and head back out.
The secret was to make sure you left one or two peas on the plate before the exit to the loo. Just to allay any suspicions that might come your way. Worked most of...

-Dang, that little buzzer again

~ Finto ~

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*_{No, these are not Brussels sprouts. Or moldy Brussels sprouts. They're peas. Close-up. Right out of the freezer, for five minute freewrite photographic purposes. Then put back into the freezer for eating later}

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Here is the link to the post about the Five Minute Freewrite, put on by @mariannewest:
[Day 120: 5 Minute Freewrite: Friday - Prompt: vitamins]

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Thanks for stopping in and viewing my second Five Minute Free Write. If you have any thoughts about dinner peas, sneaky tricks to avoid eating them, the Vitamin levels in your average frozen vegetables, the art of the short free-write, or or anything else this post reminds you of, please feel free to comment away in the spaces below. I'd love to hear from you.

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_{Posted: 02/16/2018 @ 16: 51 ~ Post No. 200}

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Excerpts From Late-Night Conversations With A Mechanical Cat

Fact Number 36