Jake the pancake boy
This is the story of a boy called Jake.
He liked to eat lots of pancakes.
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‘I’m hungry’, he said and rubbed his tummy
I will make a pancake that’s tasty and yummy.
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He mixed the batter and started to fry.
He thought about different pancakes to try.
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He flipped the pancake – it didn’t drop.
Then he tried to decide what to put on top.
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Sugar and lemon, that’s easy and sweet
or I could try tuna or perhaps some meat.
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What about chocolate, cream and honey,
Or cheese and pickle – that would be funny.
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‘I know’, he said, ‘I will make them all.
All that food will make me grow tall.’
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So he cooked for two hours without stopping.
Then ate all those pancakes – his tummy kept growing.
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But he’d eaten too much and felt very ill.
So he went to the bathroom and took a pill.
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He decided maybe pancakes were not his favourite dinner.
‘I won’t eat another pancake until I get thinner'
This is the story of a boy called Jake.
He liked to eat lots of pancakes.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RnakUQ27w1LIJA6uIp6gX6elDKC7LgUxQiemfAawO1y7uJFVq57zFxaPvksUXyzNtiDXOTBYijytrsgfd54ts6uRHuhdPhuaD9VRuqyOrrmE6LYMYs8foFiMeP7kZaePCSUAhliZDRIo/s200/Pancakes_0036.jpg)
‘I’m hungry’, he said and rubbed his tummy
I will make a pancake that’s tasty and yummy.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICnR39LJfHN3MuBiLsTxd4GEyHrA28OwGvbCCDaHwjmr8yaQVbU1KsyfXikStxfw0UrqgKz5zdWY0lOcT3I1CZUp5mSX6q3oTd4l_4TifHCoddKGoUiSyFfCew3X1G4kvUFby_fvw_Vgj/s200/Pancakes_0060.jpg)
He mixed the batter and started to fry.
He thought about different pancakes to try.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14Uy0l7ciLJKUde0JpleQsWQOgsnfXqDZzMHAOd2qDgQ9FoKzZVCkKblgst4F60l7_Aw8ck9djf89pZCcQZFIv_PHO8T18bvyUPqwSSmzweXr7T0D_JecJ-RBovEshbC9l02cwVK3DImm/s200/Pancakes_0028.jpg)
He flipped the pancake – it didn’t drop.
Then he tried to decide what to put on top.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPZuLlSSdSJGNSzvjH3qozo8QE3sz-q9vzJuOOKtZpDX815PGkflS4V5Gy93btnyXne_lsRNkKvLKtDhNDmZ0D4Std7Le-TZ_v1X4HoWhAoW0Y7HQdUf-s1Eja9BxkJK29QZicLHFwmvP/s200/Pancakes_0027.jpg)
Sugar and lemon, that’s easy and sweet
or I could try tuna or perhaps some meat.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcn4oeF1OyfunCP56TkyJHcAXsObgW-CzA5LUkt5zps21DCZr-TYFG8Tpu7V4jIXy1Bo5zrWSnrucxdlb1Ueq7HUNmZq-X2E2pyG4jJ3w4sRwgJLk_X6tlmtbNGFBirIPUNGC2tRxeptUC/s200/Pancakes_0024.jpg)
What about chocolate, cream and honey,
Or cheese and pickle – that would be funny.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFDOhdae_e_BBvfTQ0QRNWgF-MxKcaa3XaQGCdeW9-wvqSKJXm-qGqls4y0PncpAa512m2WMhzLKAoYFbhlR72oWBaRbXKtwm8zDvUxqQw86tyTAh23ZeZUU0x5x8plWXrabOyfD_w3Qa/s200/Pancakes_0019.jpg)
‘I know’, he said, ‘I will make them all.
All that food will make me grow tall.’
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So he cooked for two hours without stopping.
Then ate all those pancakes – his tummy kept growing.
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But he’d eaten too much and felt very ill.
So he went to the bathroom and took a pill.
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He decided maybe pancakes were not his favourite dinner.
‘I won’t eat another pancake until I get thinner'
Photographs courtesy of Sharon Sampson