Why do clever plants make terrible secrets agents in the spring?
Because they always sprout and spill the beans
This joke plays on the double meaning of the word sprout, which means both to begin growing fresh vegetation and to inadvertently reveal hidden information. When the warm spring season arrives, garden vegetables and plants naturally break through the soil, metaphorically leaking all their quiet secrets.
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