Pair of fruits

"Two Fruits" chorused BallFiend and Thumper, exactly one second after finishing eating their main course at dinner tonight. So DeepSpice served up a bowl of Two Fruits each. For the uninitiated, Two Fruits is a canned fruit product consisting of cubes of peaches and pears in syrup-y goodness.

BallFiend happily scoffed his down, then dragged DeepSpice off to the hallway for a round of indoor hallway soccer. Meanwhile Thumper meticulously picked out each piece of peach with her long, delicate fingers and ate them one at a time. Left with a bowl of pears in juice, she proceeded to meticulously pick out each piece of pear with her long, delicate fingers and carefully place them on the tray, saying "Don't like it." for each one.

She looked at me with a big grin on her face and said "On the tray." -- "Yes." I conceded, "Thank you for keeping them on the tray and not throwing them on the floor." -- and then she drank the juice from the bowl.

I asked Thumper to put the pear pieces back in the bowl so I could clear it all away. She happily complied. Then ate the pear anyway.

Miss Contrary!

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