Little Pea (2 page)
“If you want to grow up to be a big, strong pea, you have to eat your candy,” Papa Pea would say.
“If you don’t finish your candy then you can’t have dessert,” Mama Pea would say.
“How many pieces do I have to eat?”
“Eat five pieces and you can have dessert.”
“Five pieces?” he whined.
“Five pieces,” they chimed.
“One. Yuck.”
“Two. Blech.”
“Three. Plck.”
“Four. Pleh.”
“Five pieces of candy! Now can I have dessert?”
“Yes. Now you can have dessert,” said Mama Pea and Papa Pea.
Little Pea couldn’t wait to see what it was.
“Spinach!”
squealed Little Pea.
“My favorite!”
Little Pea licked his dessert plate clean.
FIG. 1 yum, FIG. 2 yum, FIG. 3 extra yum
And they lived hap-pea-ly ever after.
“More spinach, please.”
With gratitude to the original pea pals: Andy, Tyler, Lincoln, Boone, Jacqueline, and Renee.
And to the little girl who asked me to please make up a naptime story, this book is dedicated to you, Paris Anne.—A. K. R.
To Margaret Esther.—J. C.
Text © 2005 by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
Illustrations © 2005 by Jen Corace.
All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse.
Little Pea / by Amy Krouse Rosenthal ;
illustrated by Jen Corace.
p. cm.
Summary: Little Pea hates eating candy for dinner, but his parents will not let him have his spinach dessert until he cleans his plate.
eISBN: 978-0-8118-4658-X
[1. Peas—Fiction. 2. Food habits—Fiction.]
I. Corace, Jen, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.R719445Li 2005
[E]—dc22
2004013364
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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