THE ANGELS ON THE BERRY COMMITTEE

....a thousand eons ago.... maybe.....

The Angels on the Berry Committee

      up in Heaven, helping the Creator

plan a nice "CREATION" for Man

had been meeting..."it seemed like

      forever," and they figured they had 

already thought up and 

      designed a few thousand,

or more berries...counting varieties in

     families....

When one day, an older thoughtful,

      "old-timey" angel named 

Petronius, who usually was laconic

     in debating berries

stood up and said:

"I have a proposal for a totally NEW

      BERRY...and it'll be called

a 'CHERRY.' It'll be dark red, bigger

    than a grape, and sweet.

It'll need a TREE to be grown from a 

    little tiny seed!"

"O great committee, keep in mind

       if we don't do this, there'll

be no:

              Cherry jelly

              Cherry Danishes

              Cherry tarts

              Mom's fried pies

              Cherry-nut ice cream

and      Cherries-sitting- atop- whipped-

                   cream on a thousand desserts."

Petronius further recommended a special

     cake to be called an "Angel Food Cake"

topped by a cherry icing.

He then produced a tiny seed and and said:

      "Like most of the other growing things,

this CHERRY TREE will grow from a tiny seed,

       and will eventually bear fruit."

So another miracle was added to the coming 

      Creation---

 along with ten million others...

Just a little-bitty seed...

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MIL

27 JULY 17