time you wish! Let’s have some fun tonight instead of
bickering. What do you think Henry will think of the
kitchen crowd if we act this way? He’ll get the wrong
impression entirely!”
“Okay!” blinked Leslie happily. “I’ll be on in a few
minutes.”
“Have a seat,” said Cherie the Chair to Henry. “And
tell us all about yourself.”
“Don’t be bashful,” said Tilly the Table.
“I think you’re a little high for me to sit on,” said
Henry. “Thank you but I would just as soon sit on the
floor.”
“Oh no,” ticked Constance the Clock. “It’s not your
size that counts here, Henry. It’s only important how
you get along with the crowd. Now you just make friends
with Cherie, and then you won’t have any trouble sitting
on her at all!”
Henry looked up at the seat. “Well, there’s a
comfortable pillow up there, he thought, “and a pillow
does start with a P. Maybe I can manage.”
“Let me think! Let me think! Let me think!” ticked
Constance. “I think the best thing would be if you joined
the club. Then you’d get along in the kitchen fine.”
“What club?” asked Henry.
“The After Dark Kitchen Club,” said Constance.
“Oh!” said Henry. “How do I join?”
“You just have to
want
to. Then we’ll have a
meeting and vote you in. I’m sure no one will vote
against your membership.”
“Oh, I don’t know about that!” said a high frail
HENRY
THE
PICKLE
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