The Pancake on the Lamp
A free A1-level English story for language learners, readable online in 5 languages, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Kwesi makes birthday pancakes for his daughter, but his first flip goes very wrong.
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Today is his daughter's birthday. Kwesi gets up early. He wants to make pancakes for her breakfast.
He has flour, eggs, and milk. He mixes everything in a big bowl. The pan on the stove is hot. He pours a round shape into the pan and waits.
His daughter comes into the kitchen in her pajamas. "Dad, it smells good!" she says.
"Happy birthday!" Kwesi says. "Watch this. I flip the pancake like a chef."
He shakes the pan and throws the pancake up. It goes up, up, up. It does not come down.
They look at the roof. The pancake sticks to the kitchen lamp. It hangs there like a hat.
His daughter laughs and laughs. "Dad, the lamp has a pancake hat!"
Kwesi laughs too. He gets a chair and a spoon. He takes it down and puts it in the bin.
"Let us make a new one together," he says. "You flip this time."
She stands next to him at the stove. He gives her the pan. She waits for the bubbles. Then she shakes the pan, and the pancake goes up.
It turns once and lands in the pan. It is perfect.
"Again!" she shouts. Kwesi claps and puts the pancake on her plate.
