You know that all potatoes have eyes. Well, Mr. and Mrs. Potato had
eyes for each other, and finally they got married, and had a little sweet
potato, whom they called 'Yam'. Of course, they wanted the best for Yam.
When it was time, they told her about the facts of life. They warned her
about going out and getting half- baked, so she wouldn't get accidentally
mashed, and get a bad name for herself like 'Hot Potato', and end up with
a bunch of Tater Tots.
Yam said not to worry, no Spud would get her into the sack and make a
rotten potato out of her! But on the other hand she wouldn't stay home
and become a Couch potato, either.
She would get plenty of exercise so as not to be skinny like her
Shoestring cousins. When she went off to Europe, Mr. and Mrs. Potato
told Yam to watch out for the Hard Boiled guys from Ireland. And the
greasy guys from France called the French Fries.
And when she went out west, to watch out for the Indians so she wouldn't
get scalloped.
Yam said she would stay on the straight and narrow and wouldn't associate
with those high class Yukon Gold, or the ones from the other side of the
tracks who advertise their trade on all the trucks that say, 'Frito Lay.'
Mr. and Mrs. Potato sent Yam to Idaho P. U. (that's Potato University)
so that when she graduated she'd really be in the Chips. But in spite of
all they did for her, one day Yam came home and announced she was going
to marry Tom Brokaw.
Tom Brokaw! Mr. and Mrs. Potato were very upset. They
told Yam she couldn't possibly marry Tom Brokaw because he's just a...
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A Common Tater |
