“Just a minute,” I said, turning on the oven, “and we’ll have hot cookies!”
“I hope they are old-fashioned sugar cookies,” said the Sweet Old Hen.
“Yes,” I said. “They are!”
“Will they have rainbow sprinkles?” asked the chicks.
“Yes,” I said. “They will!”
“Mmm-mmm,” said the chicks.
While the cookies baked, I put the new trophy with the other trophies.
“My last trophy,” I said. “Next year, I will let someone else win.”
“Also, you’ll be arrested if you ever go to the mall again,” said the Queen. “And … so will I.”
The Queen started to cry.
“Since you lost your job,” I said, “maybe you’d like to be my assistant baker.”
The Queen stopped crying.
“Will you teach me how to make the secret fudge sauce?” she asked.
“Maybe,” I said. “But first you must learn how to take hot sugar cookies with sprinkles out of the oven.”
I handed her the oven mitts and she went to work.
“It’s a good thing you hired an assistant,” said Didi Dodo. “Because you are going to be very busy!”
“What are you telling me with the busy?” I asked.
She handed me a card.
It said:
“This is a daring plan,” I said. “And I like it!”
Then we all had cookies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
TOM ANGLEBERGER is the New York Times bestselling author of the Origami Yoda series, as well as many other books for kids. He created Koko Dodo with his wife, Cece Bell, for the Inspector Flytrap series. When that series ended, he still wanted to send Koko on some bigger adventures … whether Koko wanted to go or not! Visit Tom at origamiyoda.com.
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
JARED CHAPMAN is the author-illustrator of the bestselling Vegetables in Underwear, as well as Fruits in Suits and Pirate, Viking & Scientist. He lives in Texas. Find out more about Jared at jaredchapman.com.
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