AT THE BAKER’S SHOP
Soon Bobby and Betty were at the baker’s door.
They opened the latch and walked in.
“We shall have to wait until it is our turn,” said Bobby.
“How many are ahead of us?” asked Betty.
“Let’s count them,” whispered Bobby.
Bobby and Betty counted very softly, “One, two, three, four, five, six.”
“There are six ahead of us,” said Bobby.
While they were waiting, Bobby and Betty looked at the show-case.
“That’s a chocolate cake,” said Bobby.
“See those chocolate cookies,” said Betty.
“Where are the pies?” whispered Bobby.
“Up there,” said Betty. “Don’t you see them on that shelf?”
“Oh,” said Bobby. “I see them now.”
“It’s our turn next,” whispered Betty.
“What will you have little boy?” asked the baker.
“A cherry pie, please,” said Bobby.
“Here is a nice one,” said the baker. “It is just out of the oven.”
“How much is it?” asked Bobby.
“Eighteen cents,” answered the baker.
“Mother gave me twenty cents,” said Bobby.
“Pies are eighteen cents today,” said the baker. “What next?”
“That’s all Mother told us to buy,” said Bobby.
“Eighteen, twenty cents,” said the baker. “Here is your change. Is the little girl your sister?”
“Yes, sir,” answered Bobby.
“Good day,” said the baker. “Who is next?”
“Good day,” said Bobby and Betty.
“Let me carry the pie, Bobby,” said Betty.
Betty took the pie, and Bobby held the pennies in his hand.
“Why don’t you buy some chocolate cookies?” asked Betty.
“I don’t know,” answered Bobby.
“Please, Bobby, please buy some chocolate cookies!”
Bobby looked at the pennies.
He looked at the baker.
The baker was busy.
So Bobby put the pennies in his pocket
Bobby and Betty then left the baker’s shop and took the pie home to Mother.
For study and play:
To market, to market, to buy a plum cake;
Home again, home again, ne’er one baked.
The baker is dead, and all his men,
And we must go to market again.
To market, to market, to buy a plum bun;
Home again, home again, market is done.
If all the world was apple pie,
And all the sea was ink,
And all the trees were bread and cheese,
What would we have for drink?
Why does a baker wear a cap? To cover his head.
