Fujita’s Watermelon

On 27 September 1912 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá spent the day at Glenwood Springs, Colorado, before taking the night train west. In the afternoon, Fujita and some of the Persians took a short walk around Glenwood Springs. Fujita recalled that:

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> . . . on the way back I saw a little shop, with a great big watermelon, ripe, red. So, I, myself, like watermelon, so I bought it and carried big watermelon like this, and when I brought home to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, sitting He watched me. "What do you got there?" He says. I said, "I have watermelon." "All right, come!" Immediately, He put His hand in the center of the watermelon and started eating.

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"Wait, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, I want to bring you a knife and fork!" "No, never mind." I was glad. And then we had to share with all Bahá’ís. And then at midnight we took train.

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