We have a cherry tree in our front yard...more like a bush than a tree actually. I think they are Suriname cherries. Anyway, my two youngest kids love them. I end up having to pick the higher ones for them because they have eaten all of the ones within their reach.
I have found that whenever I pick them one or two ants will rush out of the opening at the bottom of the fruit. I always brush them off and then inspect the cherry for more before giving them to the kids.
Yesterday, after work, my daughter asked me for one..a very specific one she had her eye on near the top of the tree.
I handed it to her without doing my usual check for ants. When I realised this I told her to make sure there were no ants. "Why daddy?" she asked. "Because they are yucky" I responded.
"They aren't yucky Daddy...they are salty." was the response I got.
lol
I wonder how many she has eaten.
