They's fine just as they is without cookin'." The onions came, and when thanks had been offered Eli tasted his first potato.
"They is fine, now! Wonderful fine eatin'," he declared.
"Try an onion, now.

They's fine, too," Thomas urged.
Eli took an onion.
"She has a strange smell," he observed before biting into it.
Eli took a liberal mouthful of the onion.

He began to chew it.

A strained look spread over his face.

Tears filled his eyes.