Forgotten Potatoes

Where is Terence? asks the sea hare.

Gone to see Naploeon's barge at the Musée National de Maritime, says Gaius.

I'll wait here, says the sea hare. Did I hear you say 'dead one'?

Indeed, says Gaius. The sea slug on your back is a dead one.

The sea hare rolls sideways to remove his dead cousin.

Dead, says the sea hare. That's a pity.

You have gone to a great deal of trouble, says Gaius. And your cousin has died in a chocolate box. Is there anything I can do to assist you?

No, says the sea hare. Thank you. 

Terence often gets funny ideas, says Gaius.

Is one of them 'tato box bleuh'? asks the sea hare.

If tato box means potato box, says Gaius. Then yes, I believe it was his.

Potato box? says the sea hare. Are you saying my cousin could have gone to sea in a potato box?

Yes and no, says Gaius. 

Why yes? asks the sea hare.

Terence wished it, says Gaius. He brought it down to the shore and left it on the last step.  At some point in the proceedings it vanished.

Which explains the no, says the sea hare.

That and the fact that your cousin didn't want to get in it, says Gaius.

But why not? asks the sea hare. Surely it would have smelled of potatoes?

Rotten potatoes, says Gaius. The bishops had been away a long time.

The sea hare does not know the bishops.

So does not ask where they have been.

Had he known them, and asked, he would have learned of their unexpected and illegal participation in the Tour de France 2021. 

Instead he asks: How long does it take for potatoes to go rotten?

Gaius is about to give a long winded reply when an oystercatcher marches up boldly and spears the dead cousin.

Potatoes are forgotten.