"But what will they do with the robot when it becomes too decrepit to move?" persisted the boy.
Breadfruit pointed to a large vat of bubbling acid in the public square. "They'll throw him in the pool, yonder, son."
—GRANDALL BARRETTON
Through Time and Space With Benedict Breadfruit: V
On the planet Tenta I, plants of the melon and related families were so rare that the king himself had issued a royal fiat to protect them. Not knowing this, Benedict Breadfruit's young son started to pick a pumpkin. Fortunately, his father stopped him in time.
"But why can't I pick a pumpkin, father?" asked the child.
"It would be a violation of the Gourd Edict, son."