Why Can not I Have Cake for Dinner

Why Can't I Have Cake for Dinner?

It's a very special day for Sidtoday. . . . " Today is my birthday! " Sid's favorite birthday treat inthe whole wide world is. . . cake! Do you know what Sid wouldlike on his cake? " An extra-yummy dinosaurmade out of frosting. " Cake-a-licious!

WHY CAN/T I EAT CAKE EVERY DAY-DAY-DAY-DAY? Sid has another super idea: " Why wait until your birthday to have birthday cake? Whynot have cake for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Why don'tparents let us eat cake all of the time?" Just then Sid hears his mom. " Hey, Sid, it's breakfast time! " she calls from the kitchen. " Yippee! It's time to eat! "

" It's the birthday boy! " says Dad. Mom and baby Zeke wish Sid a happy birthday. As Mom sets out a bowl of cereal for Sid, Dadasks a very important question: " What would you like for your birthday dinner?" Since it's Sid's special day, he gets to choose. CAKE? Sid's answer is as simpleas it is tasty. " Cake. " Mom and Dad are a bitconfused. Of course Sid will havecake, but after dinner. Right? FOR DINNER?

Mom explains why cake is asometimes food. " Cake has a lot of sugar in it, " Mom says. " How about cupcakes, then?" " Too much sugar, " Mom saysagain. " Little cookies shaped likecake?" Can you guess the answer?" Too much sugar, " Momsays once more. BUT CAKE IS SO YUMMY!

IM ROVING REPORTER SID, WITH TODAY'S SURVEY! Sid has a lot to talk about when he arrives at school. Gabriela, Gerald, and May are waiting on the playground. " Hey, guys! " Sid asks the question of the day: " What would happen ifyou ate cake for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?" " I think your tummy would feel yucky, " answers May. Gabriela explains that Sid isn't the only one wholikes cake. " I once saw a bunch of ants eating cake at apicnic. They liked it, so maybe eating cake all dayis a good idea. " Gerald tells how lots of cake makes him feel. " When l eat lots of cakel runaround and around. . . ” AND AROUND, ANDAROUND, AND AROUND, AND AROUND, ANDAROUND. . . "