The Discovery of Bananas
One summer afternoon, Pippin and Merry were on their food stealing rounds. After fleeing from one farmer, they found that they had gotten lost in the forest.
"Oh, Merry! What are we to do! It's tea time and we have no tea and we're lost!" moaned Pippin.
"Oh hush up!" growled Merry. "I am trying to picture where we are so we know which way to go. Munch on this carrot."
Merry handed Pippin a carrot and he started nibbling on it immediately. Merry then pondered about which way to go. After a few minutes, he said, "Over that hill."
"Okay," said Pippin, bits of carrot falling from his mouth. Merry rolled his eyes at his best friend.
They dashed up the hill, but stopped abruptly when they reached the top. Beneath them were trees filled with yellow, carrot shaped fruit.
"Carrots!" cried Pippin and gleefully and he ran down the hill.
"Pippin!" shouted Merry. "Oh pudding cups!" He followed Pippin.
"Merry," said Pippin, "These aren't carrots." He bit it. "Yuck! I guess this is a skin, like one of an apple." He took another "carrot" and peeled of the peel and took a small bite. "This is good!"
"Really?" asked Merry, and he followed what Pippin did. "You're right, and they taste nothing like carrots. Let's grab a few and run, in case the farmer is watching us."
"But, Merry," said Pippin. "These are unkempt. Look at all the weeds! This place must be abandoned. We have a garden with yellow carrots!"
"You're right, Pip," said Merry, looking at the bananas he had put in the basket. "Pippin, we can't call these carrots, though. They taste nothin like them and they are a fruit. Hmmmm, the Meripip!"
"The what?" asked Pippin. "How about the... banana!"
"Like the name!" exclaimed Merry. "Where did you get it from?"
"It just came to me as a vision just now," said Pippin dreamily. You know what, Merry?"
"What?" asked Merry, eating another banana.
"I like these almost as much as carrots," said Pippin. "Look Merry! That's the Brandywine River! If we go left, we'll get home!"
"Good work, Pip!" said Merry. "You are becoming intelligent."
"Hey!" shouted Pippin and bopped Merry on the head. "Race yah to the river!"