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les
enfants
Joëlle
Llapasset | Copyright
Winter
delicacies ...
Pancakes! Pancakes!
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When
the weather is grey, when it is cold and raining, how miserable are we!
Fortunately,  to
feel better, there is one way, it is to prepare something good together. Tomorrow,
at the Martin's, it is mom's birthday. Marina, who is eight years old,
decided secretely to prepare pancakes!
" Hello! Granny!  Could
you tell me how to make pancakes, please? - pancakes, my darling? All by
yourself? - Of course not! Granny! Cyril will help me! ".
Cyril at six is a quick witted kid, but Mamie has misgivings about leaving
these two children in the kitchen... Anyway, she can always give them the
recipe, specifying that it is necessary to wait a long time, and she will come
round later...
The two children 
start with flour: one, two three large cups drop into the bowl, raising
a large white cloud...
Eggs, now!
Crac!.. crac!.. crac-splash! The third one is all over the floor!
 The
children  look at themselves
frightened. Nevermind, let's go on! They
stir the mixture until it is smooth, they add milk...
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Cyril
gets so carried away that the dough splashes over his shirt
and even into his eyes, Nothing to worry about...
Ah! Here is Granny! She assesses the damage at a glance: she
feared worse!
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She adds
sugar, a pinch of salt, a drop of orange-flower water. Here comes the most
difficult part. The first pancake turns into a charred ball, the second one
too, but from the third on, the situation improves and Marina is confident
enough to toss the pancake so high that it falls down onto her head... ouch!
They keep on
working until
they've prepared a 
handsome pile of pancakes.
They've
worked well, both of them, mom will have a beautiful surprise: on a large
flowery dish, the children display their work. The whole house smells good of
pancakes. Granny has brought a jar of strawberry jam and there is some
honey left in the cupboard: What a treat! And
how about inviting our new neighbour who seems so nice?
Go to The
recipe of "crêpes
Suzette"
Joelle
Llapasset Translation C. Chastagner and
Margarita Schjetnan
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