The Surprise Salad."What are we having for lunch today, Grandma?" asked Cassie. "Surprise salad," said Grandma as she headed toward the garden with a basket and trowel. "Why is it a surprise?" Cassie asked. "You'll see," said Grandma. Cassie glanced around the garden. She saw ripe red tomatoes, long green cucumbers, big yellow squash squash: see gourd; pumpkin. squash Any of various fruits of the genus Cucurbita in the gourd family, widely cultivated as vegetables and for livestock feed. The principal species are C. maxima and certain varieties of C. pepo. , and shiny green peppers. There were other plants, too. But Cassie didn't see any vegetables growing on them A little gopher scampered away between those plants. "May I help dig the salad?" asked Cassie. "Sure," "said Grandma. "Start here" She pointed to some bushy bush·y adj. bush·i·er, bush·i·est 1. Overgrown with bushes. 2. Thick and shaggy: a bushy head of hair. plants. Cassie dug up three big red potatoes. Next, Grandma asked her to dig under some tall, skinny (Skinny Station Protocol) Cisco's proprietary implementation of the H.323 IP telephony model. Skinny phones can also be configured for the SIP protocol. See IP telephony. leaves. Cassie found white onions White onion is a type of dry onion that has a pure white skin and a sweet, mild white flesh. This onion is used in Mexican foods or complementing the flavors of other ingredients. . From under some fern-like leaves, Cassie dug out long orange carrots. "Now, dig here," said Grandma, pointing to some small plants. Cassie found clumps clump n. 1. A clustered mass; a lump: clumps of soil. 2. A thick grouping, as of trees or bushes. 3. A heavy dull sound; a thud. v. of red radishes. "This is a surprise salad!" said Cassie. "I didn't know that so many vegetables grow under the ground." Grandma smiled. "You may also be surprised how good this salad tastes." Cassie saw the gopher dash across the garden and disappear into a hole beside a potato plant. Cassie laughed. "I think someone else likes your salad, Grandma. He'd call it `underground salad,' because that's where he eats it!" |
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