Logline:
Constantly bullied by Tulip, Benjamin comes to grips with his tormentor in an incident involving a watermelon.
London:
I like when Benjamin goes to the store and the grocer asks him if he wants any soap. (Pause for Ben to explain that gag to London. London laughs because "Now I get it!")
Ben:
This was a childhood favorite of mine. I used to get it out of the library almost every week. As a small child myself, the story spoke to me. I had many Tulips over the years. What I really needed, apparently, was a watermelon and a broken tree branch. (Side-note: My old babysitter rescued the very copy I used to get out of the library - were they going out of business? - and it is the copy London and I have been sharing ever since.)
What it would be like to be in this book:
Instead of hurting people, like Benjamin, London posits that she "would sleep". I would probably follow a similarly passive aggressive course of action as the title character with whom I share a name. But the coveralls would be the real prize.
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