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The boy who only ate pancakes

Rekai only loves to eat pancakes, so Mom finds a way to make them even better!

Suggested age: 4–6岁 · Reading level L2 · 15 illustrated pages

The boy who only ate pancakes — original illustrated page 1, English text included

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Rekai only loves to eat pancakes, so Mom finds a way to make them even better!

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The boy who only ate pancakes — original illustrated page 1, English text included
The boy who only ate pancakes
The boy who only ate pancakes — original illustrated page 2, English text included
Rekai loved to eat pancakes more than anything in the whole world.
The boy who only ate pancakes — original illustrated page 3, English text included
He loved pancakes so very much. He simply refused to eat any other food!
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Rekai’s mom said, "Eat some good food. Have some veggies and fruit! And don’t forget water and juice."
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But Rekai shook his head and said, "NO! I don’t want to. Only pancakes will do!"
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Then his mom had an idea."I know how to get Rekai to eat healthy food!" she said.
The boy who only ate pancakes — original illustrated page 7, English text included
She mixed up a batch of some extra special pancakes with a surprise ingredient.
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Mom watched as he gobbled them up, and she was very pleased.
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Softly, she giggled and thought, this is great. He has no clue what he has just eaten!
The boy who only ate pancakes — original illustrated page 10, English text included
Then, one day, Rekai caught Mom adding butternut to his pancakes and he was very surprised. "Your secret ingredient is a vegetable?" he cried.
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To this day he enjoys eating his pancakes, and every day Mom adds many yummy surprises.
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Sometimes she adds spinach. Sometimes she adds carrots. Sometimes she adds strawberries, or even apples.
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It's a fun surprise every single time.
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Pancake surprise recipe. One cup, 250 millilitres, self-raising flour. One egg. One cup, 250 millilitres, of milk. One tablespoon, 15 millilitres, sugar. Two tablespoons, 30 millilitres, melted butter or margarine. A pinch of salt. One teaspoon, five millilitres, cooking oil. Surprise: A handful of boiled and drained veggies or mashed fruit of your choice. Method: Separate the egg and whisk egg white separately until it has soft peaks, and set aside. Mix egg yolk with sugar, milk, salt and butter. Add all the wet ingredients to the self-raising flour and mix thoroughly. Mix in pre-boiled veg or mashed fruit, then finally, the egg whites. Add the desired amount of batter to a pan on medium heat and turn once bubbly and golden brown. Enjoy!
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Written by
Kristen Dembaremba
Illustrated by
Ulrike Mieke Marais
Created by
Mandy Collins (Editor); Kristen Dembaremba (Writer); Ulrike Mieke Marais (Illustrator); Nadene Kriel (Designer)

Source: Book Dash
Original: The boy who only ate pancakes from Book Dash
License: CC BY 4.0

Original illustrated spreads and embedded English story text preserved; website layout and printable PDF assembled by Little Leaf. Age, level, theme and recommendation are editorial suggestions. Web and printable layout adapted by Little Leaf. Age and reading-level suggestions are editorial. Original stories and artwork belong to their credited creators. Website narration uses the selected synthetic Voice 7.