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by Evelyn Coleman illustrated by Matt Phillips

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by Evelyn Coleman illustrated by Matt Phillips

Jerod, boy Rachel, girl

Taylor,

cheerful girl

Characters

Characters

girl

Todd, boy

Mike, boy

Setting

A kitchen with a table set up with napkins, bowls and spoons.

Taylor: I’m going to cook the best soup

you’ve ever eaten

Todd: That should be easy—we like soup Mike: We want plain old vegetable soup.

Right everybody?

(All five friends nod their heads.)

Taylor: My mom already cut up everything

for me All I have to do is mix it up and cook it You’ll like this soup

Sheree: Do you have a recipe?

Taylor: (surprised)A recipe? My Grandma

Zora says to make soup taste good all you need is love

Taylor: Soup is easy to make You put in a

pinch of this and that, and then you’ve got good tasty soup

Mike: Oh no! Isn’t that the same thing she

said about the yellow cake she made?

Taylor: Just remember, I’m not the one who

smeared the icing everywhere

Todd: No, you’re the one who put all that

butter in the cake batter

Taylor: I wanted the cake to be buttery

and yellow

Taylor: Well, it’s not your turn to

cook It’s mine, and I want

to make soup I’ll call you when it’s ready

Taylor out of the kitchen.

Rachel: Then we sneak in and add something

to the soup

Sheree: Taylor will taste how bad it is

Jerod: Then she’ll agree that she does need

a recipe

Todd: (off stage) Taylor, would you

please come out here?

Taylor: Oh, all right

(Taylor puts lid on pot before walking away.)

Sheree: (walks into kitchen, talking to herself)

I hate hot sauce I’ll pour some in

(sneaks back out)

Taylor: (walks back into kitchen) That’s

strange Mike called me just to remind me that we’re all good friends

Jerod: (off stage) Taylor, would you mind

coming out? I’ve got something to show you

Taylor: (puts down cup and puts lid on pot)

This had better be important

Rachel: (comes into kitchen, puts an onion into

soup, and forgets to put lid back on.)

I hate onions (sneaks back out)

up lid) That’s strange I thought

I put the lid on the pot Oh well

(stirs soup)

Sheree: Taylor! Come quickly!

Taylor: What now?(drops spoon into pot

and runs out of room)

Mike: (sneaks into kitchen) Hey, what is this?

I hate grassy stuff in my food (reads

label) Tea leaves Looks like plain old

yard grass to me (dumps it into soup

and sneaks back out)

the soup is ready!

(All five friends enter and sit at table Taylor

tastes soup.)

Rachel: It tastes bad, right?

Jerod: Don’t worry about it

Sheree: It’s okay, Taylor.

Mike: Maybe you can use a recipe

next time

Todd: Sorry.

Taylor: Grandma Zora was right This soup

is perfect!

All five friends: She’s right! It is perfect!

1 How can you tell what a character in the play is doing?

2 Taylor says, “That’s strange.” What is

a synonym for strange?

3 What does this story tell about having too many cooks?

4 How does the author believe friends should treat each other?

5 What would Taylor’s soup be like if her friends hadn’t added to it?

6 What food would you add to soup?

Word Count: 503

School-Home Connection Write a recipe for a

favorite family food Talk about the food groups.

of friends Each person can take a part Make props and act out the play.