ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WERE FOUR CHILDREN CALLED KICK, NICK, JACK, AND LITTLE MO.

KICK WAS 8, NICK WAS 5, JACK WAS 3, AND LITTLE MO WAS 1.

I'm Kick!

I'm Nick!

I'm Jack!

I'm Little Mo!

THEY WERE ALL DIFFERENT, BUT IN ONE BIG WAY THEY WERE ALL THE SAME.

NONE OF THEM LIKED EATING VEGETABLES!

Eat your veggies, kids!

Nooooooo! No way Jose!

NO PEAS! NO CARROTS! NO BROCCOLI! NO! NO! NO! NO, SIREEE BOB!

VEGGIES TO KICK, NICK, JACK, AND LITTLE MO WERE DISGUSTNG, REPELLENT, AND NAUSEATING!

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Yuck! Yilk! Ewww! No!

THEY TASTED LIKE MUD, SNAKE SCAT, AND TEA LEAVES ALL ROLLED INTO ONE. THEY WERE TERRIBLE!

KICK, NICK, JACK, AND LITTLE MO SAID, “WE’D RATHER BE IN GREENWICH THAN EAT YOUR BEASTLY SPINACH!”

BUT DEEP DOWN THEY EACH KNEW THAT VEGETABLES WERE GOOD FOR THEM.

IF THEY WANTED TO BE HEALTHY, ATHLETIC, AND STRONG, THEN THEY HAD TO EAT PEAS, KALE, CABBAGE, BRUSSELL SPROUTS, TOMATOES, CELERY, CARROTS, SPINACH, AND FOODS LIKE THAT.

OTHERWISE THEY WOULD BE WEAK, UNHEALTHY, AND EASILY GET SICK.

I want to be healthy! I want to be strong! I don't want to go to the doctor!

THEIR PARENTS WERE UPSET. THEY SAID, “IF YOU DON’T EAT YOUR KALE, THEN YOUR PARENTS WILL FAIL!” THEIR PARENTS WANTED TO BE GOOD PARENTS!

BUT WHAT WERE KICK, NICK, JACK, AND LITTLE MO GOING TO DO? THE TASTE OF VEGGIES WAS YUCKY! THEY WERE ADAMANT ABOUT NOT EATING THEM.

BESIDES, THEY DIDN’T LIKE TRYING NEW THINGS, AND VEGGIES WERE “NEW THINGS.” NEW THINGS WERE SCARY AND UNCOMFORTABLE.

Kids, you MUST eat your kale! We want you to be healthy!

NOOOOOO!

ONE DAY, KICK, NICK, JACK, AND LITTLE MO CAME HOME AND THEY WERE HUNGRY! THEY WEREN’T JUST HUNGRY, THEY WERE STARVING AND FAMISHED! 

THEIR TUMMIES WERE GRUMBLING LOUDLY, SOUNDING LIKE GRANDPA WHEN SOMEONE MESSES WITH HIS DESK!

THEY LOOKED IN THE CUPBOARDS FOR FOOD, BUT NOTHING WAS THERE. THEN THEY LOOKED ON THE SHELVES, BUT NOTHING WAS THERE EITHER.

Oh no! I am SO HUNGRY! Where is the junk food????

WAAAAAAAAAH!