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30 WINTER WHEAT: Because the farmer sows my seeds very early in the
winter, before the ground freezes. He does this because he wants an
early wheat crop in the spring.

31 BEAVER: That is a wise farmer. Will he have an early wheat crop
as a result?

32 WHEAT: No, he won’t. Because the ground has to thaw and get warm
before we can poke our green shoots through. Since there won’t be any
spring this year, there won’t be any crop of winter wheat, or any other
kind of wheat, for that matter!

33 BEAVER: What will that mean to the people?
34 WHEAT: No wheat, no alfalfa, or barley, or corn, or any other kind of
grain. And that means no cereals, and no flour, no bread, or rolls, or
cake, or pies.
35 BEAVER: Thank you, Ms. Wheat. You may step down. (She does so.)
Well—no fruits. No nuts. No grains. No cereals. No flour. No baked
goods to eat. Next witness, Ms. String Bean. (STRING BEAN is sworn in
by CROW.) Ms. String Bean, your face looks especially long and thin
this year. Why is that?

36 STRING BEAN: Because I’m so sorry for all the people who will be
without me and all the other vegetables this year.

37 BEAVER: No vegetables this year? And why not, Ms. Bean?

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