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A Tree on Your PlateBy Colleen Messina

Dinner gives you a chance to have manythings on your plate. You can have mountainsof mashed potatoes. You can have gravylakes. But did you know you can also have agreen forest, too? I am a vegetable that lookslike a little tree. I have a sturdy stalk. I have atop that looks round and green. I look like ahappy tree full of leaves in summer. I ambright green when I am cooked just right. Ican be steamed or boiled. I get soggy and dullif I am overcooked. Some people like butteron me. One president did not like to eat me.He said, "I do not like ______. And I haven'tliked it since I was a little kid, and my mother made me eat it. And I'mPresident of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more______." You can ask your parents or teachers to help you figure outwhat goes in those blanks! What am I?

A Tree on Your Plate

Questions

1. The phrase "I look like a happy tree full of leaves" is anexample of which of the following?

A. antonymB. metaphorC. simileD. synonym

2. In this paragraph, how are mashed potatoes described?

A. as a mountainB. as a pileC. as a messD. none of the above

3. One president did not like this vegetable.

A. trueB. false

4. What kind of vegetable is described in this paragraph?

What is your favorite vegetable to eat? Why do you like thisvegetable?

NameWhat is your least favorite vegetable to eat? Why do you dislike thisvegetable?