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“No. You already ate too much, Jeff. You are going to get a stomach ache again.” Kate shook her head. “Why don’t you go take a nap while I finish my essay?”
Jeff just gave a sad mrrr before he left the room. He'd let her do silly human things like school work. He decided to go for a walk because Kate might actually be a little correct in that he was feeling a bit full.
He’d been walking for a few minutes when a scent hit his nose. He picked up the pace before he quickly knocked on the door with his tail. This was the home of one of Jeff’s new favorite humans. He must be baking again. Maybe he’ll share with Jeff.
The door opened and at first Buck didn’t see anyone until he looked down spotting the land shark.
“Hi Jeff, come on in. You can be the taste tester since Christopher and I are trying a new recipe for the PTA bake sale.”
“Look Jeff!” Christopher showed the cookies to Jeff.
They were cookies that looked like Jeff! He gave a happy mrrr and jumped up on the stool next to Christopher who gave his fin a pat. Buck placed a cookie on a plate in front of Jeff.
He quickly ate the whole cookie giving another happy mrrr.
“Pass your inspection, Jeff?” Buck asked with a grin, a bit of flour on his face.
Jeff gave an enthusiastic nod.
“Awesome! Now we just have to repeat the process...uh...how many did we need again?” Buck looked at Christopher.
“The paper says at least 30 of each kind of treat you plan to make.” Christopher showed Buck the rules the PTA had sent home.
“Okay, so we’ll make 30 raspberry sugar cookies, 30 coffee sugar cookies and 30 vegan sugar cookies?” Buck looked at Christopher for confirmation.
“Sounds like a lot of work.”
Jeff gave a mrr of agreement before he got an idea. He quickly hopped off the stool and jumped up opening the door. He ran out of the apartment quickly to the confusion of Buck and Christopher.
“Uh, bye Jeff?” Buck shrugged at Christopher but started collecting ingredients again.
Jeff ran home as fast as could. He ran past Kate who didn’t even notice still focused on trying to get her school work done. He grabbed his apron and ran back out.
He quickly made his way back to Buck’s place. He knocked on the door again with his tail.
It wasn’t long before Buck opened the door but he looked down immediately this time, spotting the apron in Jeff’s mouth.
“Oh! Welcome back, Jeff.” He moved out of the way to let him back in. “Guess he wants to help us bake so he needed his apron.”
“Well we do have a lot to get done.” Christopher couldn’t wait to brag about who helped bake the cookies.
Jeff gave a satisfied mrr as Buck tied the apron on him.
“Let’s get down to business then! We have lots of cookies to make and taste test.”
Christopher and Jeff cheered.
It took hours and all three had sugar highs by the time they were done.
“I think all three types came out very well but what say my taste testers?” Buck looked over at Christopher and Jeff sprawled on the couch.
Neither would admit they ate too much. Both gave positive sounds but didn’t move.
There was no doubt they’d have the best cookies at the PTA bake sale.
