I watched a boy eat a tomato

I watched a boy eat a tomato. His mother leaves him weeks at a time because she works as a waitress is another town. This particular time she had been gone for a week. Before she left she bought a some tomatoes and bread so her 10 yr. old. son wouldn't starve. I saw that the loaf of bread had barely been touched and the 1/2 the bowl of tomatoes was still left. Not knowing when his mother would return, he rations his food accordingly. I asked him to please eat. He was embarrassed to eat in front of me and the other social worker. Finally after convincing him, he sprinkled salt on the tomatoes and in an instant his mouth grew wider then his eyes and scarfed the ripe tomato in two bites.