The warm afternoon sun filled Mrs. Bloom’s garden with the smell of herbs and flowers.
Nova and Milo followed a delicious smell coming from a small outdoor kitchen beside her patio.
Mrs. Bloom stood at a wooden table surrounded by vegetables, humming happily as she prepared a large pot of soup.
Milo: “That smells amazing.”
Mrs. Bloom smiled.
Mrs. Bloom: “My famous garden vegetable soup.”
Then Milo noticed something strange.
Mrs. Bloom’s eyes were watering.
Milo: “Mrs. Bloom! Are you crying?”
Mrs. Bloom looked down at the onion in her hand.
Mrs. Bloom: “Only because these onions are being extremely rude today.”
[ILLUSTRATION: Mrs. Bloom chopping onions in her sunny garden kitchen while Nova and Milo watch in surprise]
Nova looked closer.
Nova: “How can a vegetable make someone cry?”
Mrs. Bloom held up the onion.
Mrs. Bloom: “That is an excellent question.”
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