Feared By Molluscs

The rolled-up pancake lies on the ground.

Now you can eat it, says Terence.

Unroll it first, says Buster.

You unroll it, says Terence.

I’ll unroll it, says Roo-kai.

Roo-kai unrolls the pancake.

The inside of the pancake has not changed much.

The smiley potato peel mouth is still there.

Which half do you want? asks Roo-kai.

The top half, says Buster.

Easy, says Roo-kai.

Not so easy, says Buster.

Why? asks Roo-kai.

I know! says Terence. He wants the eyes back!

No I don’t, says Buster. I hated those eyes. I was glad when they fell off. Remember?

What then? asks Terence. Hurry up, I’m missing my lesson.

And he is right. Madame Ponty is looking at her watch, and making gestures.

The actual top half, says Buster. Can you split it?

You mean like this? says Roo-kai.

Swoosh! He rips his beak through the pancake, in a way feared by molluscs.

The top half of the pancake is separated from the bottom half of the pancake.

And both halves are thin.

Take the mouth off! says Buster.

Okay, says Roo-kai, removing the smiley mouth without even touching the pancake.

At last Buster is satisfied with the pancake.

His mouth is open, about to eat it, when Madame Ponty arrives.

What’s going on here?  Why did you stop? Is that a pancake?

Yes, says Terence.

Dear me, did you throw up? asks Madame Ponty. And what are these stones on the ground? They look like snails. But....could they be fossils?

She bends to pick up the fossils.

Buster gobbles the top half of the pancake while she is bending.

When she stands up the bottom half is still on the ground, looking similar.

Yay! No one will get into trouble.