day fifty-one and recipes

After the failure with the footprints, Ron was feeling hungry. He went into the Soup Shack's kitchen and looked around – everything was just as Benny had explained.

Ron found Benny's book of recipes on the shelf. “Benny's Big Book of Soup Recipes” was hand-written on the cover. Ron opened the book at random: “Cabbage Soup”, “Leek Soup”, “Carrot Soup”, “Fennel Soup”, “Edelweis Salad”. Everything sounded good, but Ron looked everywhere and couldn't see any vegetables. Benny had said that the grocery blimp would be coming the next morning with supplies. But Ron was really hungry now! There wasn't even any bread to make burnt toast (Ron's speciality). However, he looked in the cupboard and found a tin of tomato sauce.

“Yes!” said Ron.

Then he dived into the cupboard and fumbled around, finally reversing out and standing with arms aloft, the tin of tomato sauce in one hand and a packet of spaghetti in the other. 

“Yes!” Ron shouted. 

He flicked through Benny's book. Looking for a recipe for spaghetti.  “Potato Soup”... “Zucchini Soup”... “Quiche Lorraine”... Ron was salivating now. “Sherry Trifle”... “Spinach Soup”.... “Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce”

“Yes!” shouted Ron.

He found a tin-opener and set to work. It was a bit complicated, but before long the spaghetti was bubbling away nicely and the smell of  tomato sauce filled the Soup Shack. Just then, Ron heard a scuffling sound outside the front door. It might have been a shuffling sound or even a snuffling sound, Ron couldn't really tell. 

Wolf! he thought. Do wolves like spaghetti? Maybe it’s the spy! 

Ron had to find out. He grasped the door-knob and opened the door.

© David Severn 2012