The Tomato Garden

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> An old Italian man lived alone in the country. He wanted to dig his
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>tomato garden, but it was very hard work as the ground was hard. His only
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>son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a
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>letter to his son and described his predicament.
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> Dear Vincent,
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> I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant
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>my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a
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>garden plot. If y ou were here, my troubles would be over. I know you would
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>dig the plot for me.
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>Love Dad
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> A few days later he received a letter from his son.
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> Dear Dad,
>Not for nothing, but don't dig up that
>garden. That's where I buried
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>the BODIES.
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>Love Vinnie
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>At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug
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>up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old
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>man and left.
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>That same day the old man received another letter from his son.
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>Dear Dad,
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>Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under
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>the circumstances.

>Love Vinnie