A Very Persnickety Cake Bake! The Perfect Birthday Recipe by Katy Hudson
BEAVER HAD ALWAYS LIKED EVERYTHING DONE PROPERLY.
EVERY PROJECT HE TOOK ON WAS DONE CAREFULLY, THOUGHTFULLY, AND ... PERFECTLY.
Since the next day is his birthday, Beaver has a persnickety plan for his cake. His vision is alternating chocolate and carrot layers swathed in dark chocolate frosting, glazed with idyllic caramel swirls, and artistically strewn with lots of sprinkles. But when his friends hear his punctilious plan, they doubt he can carry it off alone.
And then Rabbit speaks the words Beaver most fears....
"WE'LL ALL HELP!"
But curmudgeonly fussbudget Beaver recalls the old saying, "Too many cooks spoil the broth," and tries to discourage Rabbit, Bird, Tortoise, and Squirrel from pitching in on his recipe, but his well-meaning friends make a mess of everything. Finally Beaver bars them from his kitchen and brusquely brushes his friends off with an "ARGHHHH!!"
His disappointed friends leave, taking their ingredients away, and Beaver gets down to business. He sifts and grates and beats and bakes.
His product is perfect.
But on his birthday, Beaver is abashed.
What's a perfect birthday party with nobody to come?
Perfection can't match friendship, in Katy Hudson's latest in series, The Perfect Birthday Recipe
Other jolly through-the-seasons stories in this series are Too Many Carrots,
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