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Jolan Neni
No Bed of Roses
Living in the country is no bed of roses. There are the normal farmyard smells, the noises of work being done, and, worst of all, the flies and the wasps. They are a nuisance and always invade when it's time to sit down to eat.
But, there is a solution. And, it's something that Jolan Neni would like to share with us all. And, it is simple. It's tomatoes! And, Jolan Neni knows what she's talking about, she grew up on a farm.
And, it was there she was taught that flies and wasps don't like tomatoes. All one has to do to keep flies and wasps away and at bay is to hang sprigs of tomatoes above all windows and doors.
And, there's more to it as well. Jolan Neni discovered that sprigs of tomatoes, if hung above the entrance to pigsties, would, as if by magic, stop flies flying by and upsetting the pigs. And, the results were amazing, lots of very happy pigs. And, very happy pigs make very good meals. And, Jolan Neni's roast pork and dumplings are simply delicious. In fact, the best in all Hungary.
And, very good meals make everyone glad. Jolan Neni is happy, and her family, too. Tomatoes, it seems, are more than we think! So, stop giving roses, give tomatoes instead, and, who knows, your life, too, may also become a bed of red roses.
Vocabulary
at bay – entfernt
glad – happy
nuisance – Ärgernis
pigsty – Schweinestall
roast pork - Schweinsbraten
sprig – Zweig
upsetting – verärgern
