I didn’t believe my eyes! It was a food circus! The cheese was on a merry-go-round, the milk was swallowing fire, and the grapes were on a roller coaster!
All the food was having fun, but suddenly the food went back to its spot and the rides were gone. So I went back to bed.
In the morning I remembered about what I has seen. I went and looked in the refrigerator, but the rides were all gone. The End.
This c. 1979 story marked my first foray into the food with eyes genre of literature. It would probably have been better titled as “The Food Carnival” since there were amusement rides, as well as sideshow acts like fire eating. Although it was somewhat lacking in terms of plot and character development, it did earn me the following Richard Scarry sticker featuring Huckle cat and Lowly worm:
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