Cake in the Crops UFLI Foundations Lesson 66

Zom steps from the hut. Then he stops. He stands still and gasps. 'What is this?' says Zom. 'What has happened to my land?'

Cake! Cake is planted in the land. Lines and lines of cake sit in the plants. 'I did not plant cake,' says Zom. 'This is so strange.'

Zom brings Skel and Jack to see the cake. Skel is upset. 'This is just a big mess,' he says. But Jack thinks it is fun. He grins and grins.

They pack the cake into boxes at sunset. Zom lifts a box. Skel drags a crate. Jack stacks the boxes with a big grin. 'That was strange,' says Zom. 'But it will not happen twice.'

But it happens twice! At sunrise, black chunks fill the land. Chunks sit in the grass and by the fence. Zom stands and looks at the mess. 'Once is strange,' he says. 'Twice is a plot.'

They pack the black chunks into boxes. Skel drags the crates. He is so upset. Jack is no help at all. He just grins and shakes. Zom looks at him. 'Jack,' he thinks. 'It must be Jack.'

At dusk, Zom stands by the plants with Jack. Zom is mad. 'Jack, admit it,' he says. 'This is a prank.' 'It was not me!' says Jack. 'But it is such a fun joke!'

So Zom has a plan. He stands by Jack's hut until sunrise. He is still and silent. He checks and checks. Jack does not step from the hut. Not once. 'Got him,' says Zom.

At sunrise, eggs fill the land! Eggs sit on all the paths and by all the fences. 'It was not Jack,' says Zom. 'He did not step from his hut.' Skel looks at the eggs. 'Then who did this?' he asks.

Jack is so glad. 'Eggs! This is the best one yet!' he yells. He packs the eggs in a box. Then he runs fast on the stone path to sell them. What a fun task for Jack!

Skel has had it. 'This land is a mess,' he says. 'Not one fence is fixed. Not one crop is tended. I will stand and check until sunrise. I will stop this prank.'

Then Skel blinks. Pumpkin faces rise up on the hill. Six, seven, a lot of pumpkin faces! They rush at him. Skel braces for the attack. 'No, no, no!' he says. 'There are so many Jacks!'