¡Colsechemos!

An avocado tree is a beautiful thing. The branches of the tree hang like arms on an orangutan. It´s big, long leaves smile back at you and say ¨look how healthy I am!¨

Today I had the best job in the world. Today I was asked to cosechar paltas aka pick some avocados. Getting lost in an avocado tree is a wonderful thing to do.

As I walked down the row of trees, a mixture of hass and edranol, I felt like a god among mortals. Ï´m going to pick you today!¨I roared and they screamed with joy. You see, avocados do not rippen unless they are picked. So by picking them we grant them a longer and more elegant lifestyle. Who (or what) would want to spend their life rotting in a tree awaiting their death? I don´t think a single palta would, especially when you consider how exciting it is for them to be a part of a salad or the digestive journey. ¨Hello new friends!¨ They shout upon entering the salad. ¨And my, look how red and ripe you are!´ So today together, we journeyed towards greatness.

As I popped in and out of branches, twisting and turning and using my third eye to zero in on every last palta in the tree, I felt very regal. With a crown on my head, I was finally among my people (where I see a crown, others might see a cowboy hat). ¨My people!¨ I waved my staff, a long wooden pole with a metal hook on the end to reach the high up fruits. And at first it was glorious. We swam together in a sea of plenty. I thanked them for feeding us and making money and I flattered them. I told them how in awe of them I was and how impressive and grateful we were that they survived the weeklong drought the earthquake gifted to us. ¨I know you are a water intensive plant,¨ I cooed ¨Which is why it´s all the more impressive that you´re going so strong.¨ ¨Hooray! Hooray!¨ we shouted.

But as the morning wore on fun ran away with the clouds and I was left to take care of hot and dense. Hot, I can handle, hot is no problem. But dense, dense was something new to me. ¨Back! Back beast! Back!¨ I yelled at dense leaves and branches. But dense pulled my hair and scratched my arms and dense won. but I got in a few good punches and I have captives in my hair to prove it. So I call it quits as soon as the barrel was full and headed for cover in my bedroom.

Today is not a usual day. Normally I would have my assignment for the morning (9-1_30) and then lunch and a rest and then an assignment for the evening. But today my assigment ended (failed) an hour early and there´s no boss in sight to tell me what to do next, so for now I will rest.


Footnote- All of the above avocado speak has been translated for your understanding. These are castellano speaking avocados.