Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Kumquats - Aunt S

KUMQUATS

When life gives you kumquats, what do you make? Kumquat marmalade?

Suppose you lined up all the great citrus fruits in the world and tried to put them in order. How many ways could you do it? Would you just sort by size? What if you sorted by flavor or by color or by the unusual characteristic of being entirely edible (except for the seeds)? What if you sorted by the flavor of the marmalade?

What if your essay was supposed to be about limequats and you got mixed up and wrote about kumquats? What if you thought you were mixed up and you almost changed it and then you learned it really was supposed to be about kumquats and everything was perfect?

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