Divide the group into four smaller groups and assign each group one of the words listed below. Read the story. After each of the words is read pause for the group to make the appropriate response.
GARDENER___
(with thumbs pointed up) "With a green thumb"
CUCUMBER___
"Cool Man"
ONIONS___
wipes tears from eyes) "Boo Hoo Boo Hoo"
TOMATOES___
"Whaang, Whaang "
One day out GARDENER___ went out to plant his garden. The GARDENER___ chose to plant his plot with many vegetables including CUCUMBER___S, TOMATOES___, and ONIONS___. The GARDENER___ took some seeds and planted first a row of CUCUMBER___S, then a row of ONIONS___, then a row of TOMATOES___.
The GARDENER___ then stood back to watch his garden grow. Soon the CUCUMBER___S, ONIONS___, and TOMATOES___ had sprouted. The CUCUMBER___S fell in love with the TOMATOES___ but the ONIONS___ stood between them. It looked as though this budding romance would never be, because the CUCUMBER___ were in one row and the TOMATOES___ were in another and the ONIONS___ were coming up between the two. The CUCUMBERs___ grew to be big and tall, and the TOMATOES___ grew to be plump and sweet, but the ONIONS___ still separated them.
Alas all is not lost, one day, later in the season, our GARDENER___ went out to his garden and picked the TOMATOES___,CUCUMBER___S and ONIONS___ and the GARDENER___ made a great salad. In this salad he placed the CUCUMBER___S, the TOMATOES___, and the ONIONS___. His beloved TOMATOES___ at last placed the CUCUMBER___, while the ONION had to stand aside. That is, until the GARDENER___ ate his salad.
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