The harvest was rich that year, so Mogey and Smush spent much of the early autumn in the vegetable garden, collecting nature's bounty. On a cloudy day they set out to gather the carrots, whose bushy green tops were reminiscent of Smush's Grandpa Duckbutz's ear hairs (only greener).
Mogey selected one row, Smush stood astride another, and the pals began to pull and pull. As they worked, Smush noticed a glint of something metallic in one of Mogey's handfuls.
"What's all this?" Smush asked, coming nearer to inspect. He discovered that every carrot in Mogey's bunch appeared to be wrapped in orange foil. "Did you... did you bury a bunch of chocolate carrots this spring instead of planting seeds?"
"Of course," Mogey scoffed. "What did you plant? Those nasty crunchy things?"
"Those nasty crunchy things are actual carrots," Smush replied. "If they're just chocolate carrots, why'd you bury them to begin with?"
"A few months underground gives them a lovely earthy flavor," Mogey answered, ripping the foil from one chocolate and biting into it with a satisfied sigh. "Isn't Mother Nature amazing?"
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