Massal Stories

Pickle & Pepper Open a Bakery

An illustrated story by Little Lantern · Kids · Cartoon · All ages · English, Turkish

A cat and a dog open a bakery and accidentally bake a loaf the size of a house.

Pickle the cat and Pepper the dog finally open their bakery. Pepper pours in all the yeast, and the dough grows out of the oven, out of the door and into the square, right in front of Grandpa Hedgehog, the grumpiest food critic in the village. One bite changes everything.

Characters

  • Pickle (Baker cat): A careful orange cat who follows every recipe to the gram.
  • Pepper (Baker dog): A tall, enthusiastic spotted dog who believes more is always better.
  • Grandpa Hedgehog (Food critic): The village food critic, who has not liked anything since 1987.

Episode 1: Too Much Yeast

Opening day. Pepper decides the dough needs all the yeast. The dough decides to grow.

Pickle and Pepper proudly open their bakery.

Pepper: Our bakery opens today!

Pickle: What could possibly go wrong?

Pepper pours in an entire sack of yeast.

Pickle: Pepper! That's ALL the yeast!

The dough swells out of the oven.

BLOOP!

Pepper: It's... growing.

Episode 2: The Giant Loaf

The loaf rolls into the square, Grandpa Hedgehog takes a bite, and the whole village has lunch.

A house-sized loaf bursts into the square.

Grandpa Hedgehog: What is THIS?

Grandpa Hedgehog tastes it and is amazed.

Grandpa Hedgehog: The fluffiest bread I've ever tasted!

The whole village shares the loaf.

Pickle: Same recipe tomorrow?

Pepper: Maybe half the yeast.

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