Brave little toasters: Morgan Lakofka

Teddy the salt shaker bear: episode 1

I have a twin brother. His name is Teddy Pepper, My name is Teddy Salt. Teddy Pepper and I do everything together. We salt and pepper the mashed potatoes, we salt and pepper the broccoli, it’s never just salt, or never just pepper. But today, the unspeakable happened. And it was the biggest adventure of my entire life. It all started when Pepper and I were sitting on the kitchen table, our favorite hangout spot. There was something cooking in the kitchen and we were trying to guess what it was, our favorite game. What we didn’t know, was that what happened next would change our lives forever.  It was time to add the salt and pepper, but yet pepper got left on the table. I was very confused; I didn’t know what to do. I started to panic, I thought nothing could possibly be good with just salt. I tried to turn my head to glance at pepper, but then remembered I was a glass salt shaker and couldn’t move. I was tipped upside down and watched my insides fall out into the steaming hot dish. I was put back in place on the table next to pepper and watched with jitters as they served the dish. The look on their face as they took the first bite was well, pleasing. And that was the moment I realized that I can be great all by myself.