A little corn kernel went for a walk one day. It was pretending to be a movie star. "Oh, dahling! Don't worry about a thing!" it squeaked.

"Cheez it! Da cops!" hissed her friend, the Hubbard squash.

"Aggghh!" they both screeked.

"Put down your guns. Slowly raise your hands in the air," commanded the police. The supermarket's police force consisted of two dozen Grade A Large eggs and one Grade F egg. It had just recently joined the force. The eggs slapped handcuffs on the kernel and the squash. "You have no rights, so we will not read them!"

"What's the charge, Officer?" The squash wanted to know.

"Disturbing the peace and trying to act out old black and white movies," muttered the sheriff.

"Aw, but we were just playing," wheedled the corn kernel. "Please let us go, sir. It won't happen again, honest."

The sheriff grumbled. "I was just imaginin' you all nice and popped up in the microwave. And maybe your friend in a nice casserole." He appeared to lick his nonexistent lips.

The corn kernel and Hubbard squash quaked. "Oh, please, sir! We weren't doing anything wrong!" They gazed at the egg beseechingly.

"Oh, all right," the egg relented. "You kids just get along home and stay outta my sight." He turned away. "Take off the cuffs," he told the Grade F egg.

The cuffs were removed and the two friends went on their way.

"You think they'll keep their word?" one of the eggs asked. The sheriff wiped his sweaty brow and sighed.

"Naw," he said.

"Aaaah! You're becoming an omelet!" another egg gasped.

"Am not," returned the sheriff. He was sprawled all over the floor. No one knew what to say.

The kernel hopped alongside the squash. "Hey what do you wanna do know?" she chattered.

"Let's act out a Star Wars movie," suggested the squash.

The kernel looked exasperated. "You watch too many movies."