same colour, isn't it.........................
Betty MacDonald fan club fans,
I'm rereading Betty MacDonald's Onions in the Stew for the millionth time.
Onions in the Stew is my favourite book - although I'm crazy about Betty MacDonald's unique books and it's very difficult to decide.
What is your favourite story in Onions in the Stew?
I can tell you mine.
It's the story about Betty MacDonald, husband Don, daughters Anne and Joan picking peaches.
Can you remember this delightful story?
It' so funny but also I feel very sorry for Betty because of this very nasty lady Mrs. Swensen.
Betty MacDonald in Onions in the Stew:
Quickly tucking the small bitten peach into my box, bite-side down, and choking down what was in my mouth, I said, "You mean I am leaving ripe ones, Mrs. Swensen?"
"I certainly do," she said. "Come here."
I climbed down. Peering at my wooden shoes through her steel-rimmed spectacles, she said, "What on earth do you have on your feet?"
"Wooden shoes," I said. "We wear them on the beach."
"Well, they may be all right for the beach but they are certainly inappropriate for picking peaches," she said. "Look here, this peach is ripe," deftly she twisted it off. "And so is this one, and this and this. Where is your flat, Mrs. MacDonald?"
"Up on the ladder," I said. "I'll get it."
When I brought it down she immediately reached in and grabbed the small peach I had been eating. "That one is too small," she said, then seeing the bitten pieces she added, "Eating the fruit is not encouraged, Mrs. MacDonald. After all, this fruit belongs to the Hawkinses. It represents money to them. Helping ourselves to their fruit is like helping ourselves to their money."
She handed me the bitten peach and I accepted it humbly with hanging head. "Now," she said briskly, "you are very slow. Let me see how you are picking."
Mrs. Swensen is really awful.
She makes Betty down all the time.
Poor Betty!
But I can't help. It's such a wonderful story.
What's your favourite story?
Happy Sunday!
Greta
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