“Oh, no, thank you; I don’t need a doctor now. I feel almost like myself again,” he answered.
“If folks only wouldn’t fill me so full of rich good food,” he complained, “how much better off everybody would be!”
“Too full of rich good food!” laughed Robert. “Why, I never knew that any rich good food was thrown away.”
“We get entirely too much of it,” said the garbage can. “Waste food is the only kind that is good for garbage cans.”
“Do many people waste good food?” asked Robert.
“What some folks throw away makes me sick!” declared the garbage can confidentially. “I could tell you some things, young man, that would certainly surprise you.”
“Please tell me, if you feel able,” begged Robert.
“Very well,” agreed the garbage can, settling down comfortably. Anyone could see that he was pleased.