The True Story of Little Pop

It was on one early summer morn that the voice of a watchful Mama Corn told a frightful story, meant to warn her son, Pop, just recently born. "Pop", it said, her darling boy to save, "Once, in a cornfield, I too would wave. In the sun and breeze, I was brave, but you must listen up and behave. You're a special kind of corn you see, the 'zea mays everta' variety, in everyday speech, 'popping corn'. You should be proud, but I forewarn: Special dangers lurk for folks like us You're old enough now, we can discuss. If, at the door, your darling greets you for a movie date, she wants to eat you. All corn loves to dance in the hot sun, but be careful how you have your fun. If you go to the beach from dawn to dusk, please remember to wear your husk." Instead of listening with respect and fear, Little Pop would not lend his...ear? So, while his mother's ghost did beseech, the sun popped Pop all over the beach.