Thread by @billpg

"Hey plant."
"Hey animal."
"What's this?"
"My latest invention. I call it fruit."
"This is very tasty."
"We got the idea when we saw how much you guys like to eat sugar. Lots of sugar in convenient tasty packages."
"Thank you."
"We plants just love you animals so much."

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"Plant?"
"Yes animal?"
"What are these tasteless hard bits in the fruit?"
"Oh, don't worry about those."
"Couldn't you make some fruit without them?"
"Hmm. No."
"Why not?"
"We have our reasons but let's not talk about that. Try a satsuma. We fixed the peel."

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"I really want to know what those hard bits are. The other animals keep complaining."
"(Sigh.) Those are my babies."
"Your babies?!"
"Yes. We put them in fruit so you'll eat them."
"Why?"

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"Look, we're all literally stuck in the ground. We used to drop our babies right next to us and they would all end up competing with each other for sunlight. Then we had an idea. If you animals ate our babies, you'll poop them out over a much wider area."

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"I'm not sure I'm happy with this arrangement."
"Tough. You're dependent on our sugar now. Want to go back to getting honey from stinging bees?"

"Hey plant. We've just invented seedless grapes."
"Noooooo!"