PANCAKE PETE:
A TINY TALE FOR TOOTH TIME

Once upon a time there was an outlaw named Pancake Pete. Pete sure did love pancakes, and he would stop at nothing to get them--even if it was against the law.

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One day Pancake Pete went to Flapjack Restaurant and demanded pancakes. Pete said, “Give me all your pancakes or I’ll play the drums really loud! All your customers will leave and you will get a very bad headache!” But his big drum did not fit through the door and Pete only had one little bongo to play. He played it with gusto, but it wasn’t very bothersome to the customers. In fact, they kind of liked it. The people in the diner started dancing and even tossed a few coins into Pete’s hat. Pete was about to get really, really furious--and you do not want to see Pete when he is furious--when he realized that he had collected enough coins to buy himself some pancakes fair and square, so that’s what he did. Pancake Pete was happy that day.

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On another day he went to Bud’s All-Night Diner and demanded pancakes. “Give me all your pancakes or I will smash all your plates!” Pete said to Bud. But Pete tripped on the doorstep and landed flat on his face. Bud grabbed him by the belt and dragged him inside where Pete had to spend the whole night cleaning the diner as punishment for saying such ugly, threatening things. But Bud always serves his employees pancakes for breakfast, and that included his new cleaning man Pete, so Pancake Pete was happy that day.

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On another day Pete went to his mother’s house and demanded pancakes. “Make me pancakes right now or I will steal your dog!” said Pancake Pete. But he had forgotten that his mother was the boss, and her children do not make demands of her. She shook her finger at him for being sassy and took him to the kitchen where she taught him how to make his own pancakes, because that’s what mothers do. And Pancake Pete was happy for all the rest of his days.

The End.