The Perfect Breadbox
A Children’s Story told
In the style of Oscar Wilde
A beautiful but conceited breadbox believes it’s perfect and is very uppity with the old and used appliances and kitchen utensils. But everything changes when the breadbox falls for a most imperfectly baked orange kiss-me cake – and discovers the true meaning and reward of love and friendship.
EXCERPT
Just as the recipe book advised, she had blended well, thinking all the while of her perfect young husband and his birthday they would celebrate, and of the orange kiss-me cake his mother used to bake for him.
“Now,” she thought, “I will be the one to make it.”
She was not exactly aware of the extraordinary thing she was doing in that moment, blending not only sugar and shortening but the past and the future, linking what was with what would be, creating the gift that we call the present. She had blended two eggs, love and happiness and a cup of milk. And as she had folded in the mixture of orange peel, gold raisins and walnuts, she had thought of the young husband and the life she had dreamed of – so much of it coming true.
The breadbox had never seen the perfect young wife bake before, so it did not entirely know of the wonderful thing that had been created either, but as the young wife poured and scraped the mixture into a buttered and floured baking pan, the breadbox felt it. Everything in the kitchen felt it. The microwave felt it, the flatware in the drawer felt it, the kitchen sink felt it. Even the grumpy green fridge felt it. The old gray oven, pre-heated to exactly 350 degrees Fahrenheit, was overjoyed by it and swallowed the pan behind its door with entire satisfaction, so heartened to be a critical part of the moment.
Fifty minutes later, the orange kiss-me cake didn’t spring back when touched by a fork and the young wife remembered she hadn’t added the teaspoon of baking powder. Who would have thought one teaspoon of anything would have made such a difference?
But it had.
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