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To keep them cool

To warm them up

To keep them away from theives

The fridge was too full

In the fridge

In the microwave

At Countdown or Pak n Save

Off the rocks in the garden

Off the rocks at the beach

Pak n Save ran out of food

You can't grow food on a ship

It took a ship a long time and there are no shops in the middle of the ocean

There's no fridge or electricity on the ship, so the food had to last a long time without rotting

People didn't like to eat vegetables because they thought it was yuck

Fruit had worms on it

Fruit only grows at certain times of the year

Sometimes there was no fruit growing

If you didn't preserve the fruit or eat it quickly after picking it, the fruit would go rotten

The farm animals only eat cooked apples and pears

The tree is too tired

The tree couldn't decide which fruit to grow

Some fruits only grow in summer or winter

They do grow all year round, but they're invisible fruit - so people can't see them

Howick was the home of the 3 blind mice

Rats lived near people because it was easy to find food near the rubbish cans

People made too much cheese

The cats were too busy to chase them away

Because rats can't open tins

Because rats are good at opening tins

Because rats like their food to be kept in tins

Because rats didn't like to eat food kept in jars

They are scared of the sunlight

They are not good swimmers

Light and water helps leaves and roots to grow on the potato and kumara, so you can't eat it

So it was always a surprise when people found them

They had to sell the butter to make money

They had too much butter

The cow told them to

The animals kept running faster than the people

Everyone else was a vegetarian

You couldn't keep it fresh long enough without a fridge or freezer