the Surprise Party

Once upon a time, four little Princesses decided they wanted to make a cake for their friend's birthday.

They knew he liked all kinds of bugs, and small cold-blooded creatures like turtles and fish. They remembered
seeing just such a cake back in February, so wanted to try 'duplicate' it for their friend.....

Erzulie and Elin mixed up the cake batter.....

After the cake had cooled and was iced, they tinted the 'fondant' with food colouring....

Then it was Bonnie's job to paint on all the little figures around the outside...

She started with a cute goldfish, as Nami watched......

Then she painted on a grasshopper, and continued all the way around the cake with a frog and a turtle...

Meanwhile, Elin and Erzulie were working on the cake decorations.....

Elin sculpted the bugs... while Erzulie worked on the greenery.....

Finally the cake was done...

...and everyone gathered around for a photo with the cake....

And of course, they wanted a photo of the cake itself....

The next day, the Princesses decorated the palace terrace with balloons, and laid out their mother's
best china and silver cutlery. They were awaiting their guest of honour. Finally he arrived.......

"Happy Birthday Mr. Ropuha! Surprise!"

He was very surprised, but being so short, he couldn't really see the cake very well,
so the girls quickly brought a couple of small benches....

Mr. Ropuha couldn't believe the girls had made that wonderful cake just for him,
and he needed to take a much closer look....

"Wow, you made me a cake with all my favourite things on top!"

Mr. Ropuha was so touched by the girl's kind hearts, that he wanted to give each of them a big hug and a kiss....

Bonnie was the first. The other princesses watched in anticipation. This was exactly what they had been hoping for.

They were expecting any second now for the frog to turn into a Prince. But nothing happened. Nothing at all.

"Okay," said Erzulie,"My turn.."

The others watched, as still nothing happened....

"My turn!" said Nami, and she knelt down to kiss him...

Mr. Ropuha knew full well what the girls were up to. "They think I'm a frog," he thought, "and if they kiss me they
think I'll turn into a Prince. But I'm a toad, and toads don't turn into Princes. But I'll just play along. After all,
everyone could use a couple of extra hugs and kisses on their birthday."

So after all the girls had had a turn, they just gave up and let Mr. Ropuha take the cake and balloons back to his pond.....

"This is really yummy cake!"

the Surprise Party

"Happy Birthday Mr. Ropuha! Surprise!"

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