A Conversation
“You should live in Vermont.”
“Why would I want to do that?”
“Vermont is a nice place for wildness.”
“Nine months of snow, two months of mosquitoes, and only two tolerant months.”
“There’s all the maple syrup you can eat.”
“I don’t even like pancakes.”
“Maybe you should try a stack with some real maple syrup.”
“You know what I do with my maple syrup now?”
“No.”
“I buy a bottle every three years just so I can throw it away.”
“You don’t like maple syrup?”
“Oh, I love it already mixed into my oatmeal.“
“So, you do like maple.”
“You can make maple oatmeal even better by pouring maple syrup on it.”
“Sounds like you need to eat more oatmeal.”
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