本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛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 Golds, 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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