Breadfruit

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When I see breadfruit tree, I don't just see a tree; I see 'The Bounty' taking on the seedlings to plant in a foreign land to feed the slaves. I see the mutineers casting a drift Captain Bligh and the officers on a life boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean; I see them navigating their way over 3000 km back to landfall. I see the mutineers burning the ship; the men killing each other and the survivors turning to the Bible; later becoming Seventh Day Adventists. So many stories for just a breadfruit tree.

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