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In a place called West Manor

you can stay, if you please,

in a nice little town.

It’s the home of the Peas.

All the Veggies are friendly-they

go out of their way.

When you stop to say, “Thank you!”

“Why, you’re welcome!” they’ll say.

In a place called South Boorish,

on the north side of town,

lives a rude bunch of Bean folk—the

rudest around.

They’re very bad-mannered,

an impolite Bean.

If you stop to say, “Thank You,”

they won’t know what you mean!

On April twenty-seventh,

when the sunflowers sprout,

all the folks in both towns

pack a lunch and head out.

To a sunflowery field

where they chat and tell tales,

as they wait on their blankets

with their shovels and pails.

But now comes the best part.

Oh, let’s give a cheer!

The seeds will start dropping.

That’s why they’ve come here.

The Beans, as they’re scooping,

are noisily griping,

because each other’s seeds,

they are greedily swiping!

But those Peas of West Manor,

every sister and brother,

politely take turns

and thank one another!

When the picking has ended,

yes, this is true,

the Peas’ buckets are filled!

But the Beans’? Just a few.

So when April draws near,

where would you like to be?

With a Bean from the South?

or a West Manor Pea?

If you ask what I think,

I would say, “With the Peas!”

Especially if you like

saying, “Thank You” and “Please.”

Copyright © 2003, 2010 by Big Idea, Inc. VEGGIETALES®, character names, likenesses and other indicia are trademarks of Big Idea, Inc.

Illustrated by Greg Hardin and Robert Vann

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EPub Edition © APRIL 2011 ISBN: 978-0-310-42436-9

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Editor: Gwen Ellis

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