“Did you hear the great news?” asked one of the raspberry bushes of another bush.
“No, what is the great news?” asked the other raspberry bush.
“There is going to be a great raspberry hunt to-day,” the first raspberry bush said.
“Well, if they see us they won’t have to hunt very far,” the second raspberry bush said.
“That is so,” answered the first raspberry bush, “and they know we’re here. We let some of our messengers tell them. The only thing is they are not sure whether or not we are ripe, and so they will be delighted when they find how easily we come off the bushes. For when we’re ripe we come off easily and when we’re not ripe we stick on and show we aren’t ripe enough to come off.”