Ryers Readers - Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast

Episode Date: March 6, 2024

The race is on! There is only 1 drop of syrup left, who will get there first?!

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Okay, story time. Today we are going to read Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast by Josh Funk. Deep in the fridge and behind the green peas, way past the tofu and left of the cheese. Up in the corner and back by a roast, sat Lady Pancake beside Sir French Toast. The leftover friends were as close as could be, until they heard. heard news from their neighbor, Miss Bree. The syrup is almost completely all gone. A single drops left, just a drop, she went on.

The last drop is mine, Lady Pancake conversed, but French toast replied, Not if I get there first. Like that, he was off, and the race had begun, with pancake behind breaking into a run. Through Broccoli Forest, past orange juice fountain. They climbed up to the top of potato mash mountain.

Pushing and shoving, they fought for the lead. Toast behind pancake, who rolled at high speed. She screeched to a stop at the edge of the shelf, clutching a grapevine to steady herself. Toast didn't notice and couldn't quite stop, plummeting down into jam with a plop. He scraped himself. off and yelled up, you're a meany, as pancake repelled down a rope of linguine.

She bragged, I'm the best of all the breakfast food treats, and then hurtled a lime, and skipped over two beats. I am, thought Toast, but his chances looked bleak, so Toast took a shortcut cut down Sourcrow Peak, skiing past spinach and artichoke dip, toast vaulted high in the air with a flip. Nearing the edge he tried one final jump, but stumbled and fell way below with a thump. Pancake made use of her seafaring skills and sailed across oceans of soup, causing spills. But Chili Lagoon slathered pancake in muck, and then at a fly-a-faring skills. fork in the road, she got stuck. Yield at chickpee to warn her, but pancakes sped on and got trapped in a corner.

Caught behind dressings, one Russian, one ranch. She squeezed out and started a bean avalanche. Toast re-emerged in the vegetable crisper, sneaking up swiftly, not making a whisper. Beans were now falling from such a great height, some kidney, some lima, Some pinto, some white. Searching for safety from raining legumes, Toast turned to hide but was blasted with fumes. Of Brussels sprouts left from an old party platter.

So, quickly, he climbed up a celery ladder. Beside him a lettuce leaf parachute landed. Pancake flipped out. It is mine, she demanded. Battered and soggy, exhausted and crumbling, too tired to push. They were limping and stumbling. There stood the bottle of syrup at last.

But wait, it was empty. They stood quite aghast. Licking his lips with a sneer that was awful, out of the shadows, crept Baron von Waffle! I got here first while you boasted and bickered. My, that syrup was delicious, he snickered. With one evil laugh, Waffle slipped out of sight. The syrup was gone.

No more reason to fight. Trudging back home beneath layers of grime, Toast said, Perhaps we should not fight next time. Agreed, replied Pancake. As friends, we should share. Hey, look. We can split up that butter right there.

The end. Don't forget to stick around to see if you can answer today's paying attention question. Before you go, do you think you can answer today's paying attention question? Pancake and French toast raced all the way to the syrup to get the very last drop. Who ended up getting there first and beating them to the last of the first? syrup. If your answer was, Baron von Waffle, also Waffle would be an acceptable answer. You did it! Great job! You sure were paying attention. I hope you enjoyed that story. I wonder what we're going to read next.