The giggles turn to
laughs. My, how they laugh. They explore Bagel Mountain for a while,
then walk back to their spaceships. They say good-bye to each other,
climb aboard, and switch on the ship's motors. The motors roar and the
ships are ready to take off.
Slimy Lox gets off fine but goopy soft Cream Cheese sticks to the Bagel
and is in trouble. Stobey presses real hard on the engine pedal. After a
real hard try Cream Cheese smears along the surface, finally gets
unstuck and squirts into space.
'Why was it so hard for Cream Cheese to get off the Bagel?' Stobey
wonders.
She doesn't know, of course, that bagels all across our solar system have
always had a mysterious and powerful attraction for cream cheese. For
instance, on Planet Earth the single most important question throughout
history has been, 'Of what possible use can a bagel be, without cream
cheese?'
The two spaceships head for home.
(The same story can be written using hamburger and catsup on a bun
with soda pop or any popular, traditional or restaurant combination. Try
it with your grandchild's favorite snack.
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