Chapter 22: Supermarket Scandal

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He setting up a food stand representing Green Family Farms

Bill: Green Family Farms is officially open for business! I can't believe we're sellin' our goods at a real life Farmer's Market! Green Farms is a trusted name back home. It's a big day for your old man, Tilly -- a big day for all of us.

Tilly: That's why I brought some extra help to work the stand.

She shows Saxon, her homemade sack doll

Tilly: His name is Saxon. He has a keen business acumen and is well-respected within his community.

Tilly: "I have a Master's Degree."

Bill: Well, hi, Saxon. You can be in charge of bagging everything up!

Tilly: Don't patronize him.

They runs over

Cricket: DAD!

Bill: Aah!

Baraka: Bill, We saw this guy eat a cinnamon dough stick. I think it was called a "churro". Can We get one?

Bill: Sorry, boys. We're here to make money, not spend it. Tell ya what -- maybe if we sell all these veggies, then you both can have some churrios.

Cricket: Well then, what are we doin' sitting around lollygagging?!

He grunts

He hops onto a soap crate

Cricket: Come one, come all! We got the best produce in the Farmer's Market! 

He sees a blue teenage boy and his pink mother

Cricket: Hey, you! You look a little on the short side. One of our special squashes will make ya taller!

Blue Teen Boy: Aww, come on, man!

He pushes his mother away

He sees a green elderly woman

Baraka: With one taste of our cabbage, you could be cured of any illness!

He sees a green male

Baraka: And you! Behold, the Apple of Enlightenment! When eaten, it grants the user psychic powers!

Green Male Customer: Psychic powers?! I'll take ten!

He gets his money ready, but Bill takes the apple away

Baraka: What the--?

He fake coughs

Bill: Sorry.

He chuckles

Bill: Boys are exaggerating. All we can offer is a darn-good apple.

Green Male Customer: I just wanted to be psychic...

He stomps off

Cricket: Way to go Dad, that rube was gonna buy it!

Bill: Cricket and Baraka, for the last time, they're not rubes, they're customers!

Baraka: How do you expect to sell products without "pizazz"?

Bill: In my opinion, the world could do with a little less "pizazz".

He pulls back to reveal an earthy dressed salmon businessman with blonde hair with darker highlights and a goatee, and has shades on his head and an earpiece

He repeatedly snapping his fingers at Bill

He snaps

(???): Hey! Buddy! Guy! Buddy! Hey, are these crops organic?

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