A vibrant and deliciously amusing suspenseful story set in India about food and gardening, anticipation, and generosity.;;Every morning, Jiva works in his garden until the sun turns as red as a bride’s sari. He plants peas and beans, potatoes and tomatoes, eggplants and okra in his vegetable patch. While his friend Ruvji admires his plants Jiva sings,;; Plump peas, sweet peas,;Lined-up-in-the-shell peas.;Peas to munch, peas to crunch;I want a feast of peas for lunch! ;;But each time Jiva is ready to pick the peas for his feast, they’re already gone. He tries making a scarecrow and a fence, but it’s no use. Who might have taken them this time?