My name is Oscar and I’m three and three quarters years old. I live with my Mommy and Daddy and Boots, my cat. I call her Bootsie. I love my Mommy and Daddy very much. They are very kind to me and make sure I’m happy. My birthday is on 4 April and this time, I am turning 4. Daddy said he’s going to get me a Colin the Caterpillar cake so I can blow out my birthday candles. Mommy was going to make me a caterpillar cake but its gunna take her hours and hours to make.” Oscar chuckles, “I don’t think Mommy would be happy about that,” cos caterpillars, have more than one body, like 8 or 9 round balls for a body and not sure if Mommy has a lot of green to paint my cake or a lot of black sticks to make its legs. “Oh-oh,” and Oscar laughed because it wasn’t his problem. He just knew he was going to get a birthday cake.
That evening, Oscar was in a bit of trouble with Daddy…here’s why:
Daddy was chatting to Aunty Sarah on Zoom. He was telling Aunty Sarah about the delicious Victoria Sponge cake that he, Mommy and Oscar had made a few days ago. Daddy had sent Aunty the photos which showed three large slices of sponge cake. The jam dripped and oozed over the thick clotted cream. “Oh so glorious,” said Aunty Sarah. “Mmmm, I wish I could have a piece.” “Yes, but,” said Daddy, “Daddy’s not very happy with Oscar. When Daddy left the room, Oscar gobbled up my slice of cake.” Aunty Sarah replied “Oh that’s OK Daddy, you can have another slice.” “Nope, I can’t.” Daddy was very upset. “Ahhh. Are you upset because Oscar had eaten the cake,” asked Aunty Sarah or that it was the last slice of cake?” Daddy nodded. “LOOOOOOOOOOOOL” Aunty burst into a thunderous laughter and couldn’t stop laughing, she laughed so hard that she kept moving her face to and away from the video screen so that Oscar couldn’t see her laughing. Poor Daddy, he really enjoyed this cake and that it “was a nice one too.” This is what he was really upset about and not upset with Oscar eating his cake.
So the lesson that Oscar was supposed to learn, I am not sure what because Aunty Sarah had busted Daddy’s grief. But the conversation stayed with Oscar, he felt sorry that Daddy was upset. So he set in his heart to make another viccy spunge cake as a surprise for his dad. He searched in the kitchen cupboards and there was no more flour, no more sugar, butter or strawberry jam left. “Oh-no,” Oscar thought, “We’ve got no more ingredients left.” Oscar asked Mommy “Mommy, can we make another cake?” But, Mommy said “Mommy wants to make another cake too, but that there’s no more ingredients in any of the supermarkets.” This made Oscar very sad. But, he did not give up, for in his heart, he had an idea….
Oscar climbed into bed and nestled himself into Mommy and Daddy’s arms as they read him a bedtime story. He felt warm and toasty, it was nice to see both of them reading to him together. He was happy about the miracle of staying at home during Covid-19, he felt that it brought his family together and a super plus was that he got to see a lot more of Aunty Sarah, and he loved his Nursery Circle time every morning especially speaking with his friend Amari.
In his bed, Oscar always had his favourite toys to help him sleep and keep him safe, watching over him during the night. As he let out a large yawn, Oscar, scooped up Horris is cuddly hippo toy, under his arm, smiled and kissed him gently on his head and whispered “I need yooouuuuuu”. Then he fell into a deep sleep…
“Horris, will you come with me to Marshmallow Land?” asked Oscar. “Another adventure,” replied Horris. “Yes please.” He jumped and twirled a few inches in the air at the excitement of going on another adventure. He was delighted. “I was getting a little boring, and wondering when our next trip will be. I was beginning to think that you were super tired all the time at nighttime”. “We need my backpack” said Oscar.
When they left home, Jack, Oscar’s next door neighbor, was waiting outside sitting on the wall. “Where you goin?” blurted Jack, “Marshmallow Land” said Horris, “then I’m coming too,” said Jack, with a big fat grin. They all rode on Oscar’s orange bike and when they arrived at Heathrow Airport, they entered at the side door at Terminal 3, (as this was the only way to travel to Marshmallow Land) and hopped onto a Marshmallow plane, yes, that’s right, a real Marshmallow plane. When the plane was in the air, it took a left turn and disappeared into thin air. “Are we there yet?” asked Oscar. With a cough and a splutter, the plane bounced, bent and walloped on the ground, smooth like butter. Even the plane was so relieved that it landed safely, it let out a nervous Marshmallow wind from its tail. Oscar, Horris and Jack all laughed.
I love this place said Horris, everything’s so chewy, so soft. “Why are we here?” asked Jack, “Lundun has finished all the Victoria spunge cake and there’s no more ingredients left. Someone ate Daddy’s last slice of cake and he wasn’t hap-happy. I want to surprise Daddy and make him another cake. I thought it was a good idea to get the ingredients from Marshmallow Land. They all found the ingredients at Mrs. Bakeroo’s bakery shop. She was more than happy to see the three together again. All the ingredients sat perfectly into Oscars backpack. “You’d better hurry said Mrs. Bakeroo”, you don’t have much time left to get back to Lundon to make the cake.” “Oh don’t worry, answered Oscar, I won’t be baking, I’m too young to put the cake in the oven, I will have a few big slices though. I know this cake will be extra special for Mommy and Daddy. They all said goodbye and left and headed back to the Marshmallow plane. When they all got home, Oscar and Horris said goodbye to Jack and closed the front door. Oscar put the ingredients on the Kitchen table, in view view so that Mommy and Daddy couldn’t miss them. Then he and Horiss crept downstairs missing the creaky step on their way down and got back into bed, kissed Horris on his head and thanked him for a wonderful journey. Horris smiled and snuggled up to him and both slept sound asleep until the morning.
Oscar woke up to find that Mommy and Daddy were already in the kitchen and he could smell the freshly baked cake in the oven. “hmmmm”, he smiled as he climbed onto Mommy’s lap, as Daddy had just made some fresh toast. “Good morning, Mommy” as he gave Mommy a kiss. Good morning Daddy”. “Both replied, good morning son”, would you like some Weetabix for breakfast?”, Oscar nodded. “What’s that in the oven?” “Mommy and Daddy have made another Victoria sponge cake. We don’t know where the ingredients’ came from, Daddy must have forgotten that we had some left. Oscar smiled, he was feeling quite happy with himself. Of course he would, he had saved the day as they would all get to enjoy another delicious Victoria sponge cake.
The End.