There are some people you would never want to get involved with when they're bored. One of those people would be Sodapop Curtis. Why, you may ask. Soda seems like a very fun person to be around. That may be true, but when Soda's bored…things happen. Bad things. Like on this particular day.
Soda was alone at home, no one around. He was bored, because there was nothing to do, so Soda went to look in the fridge for some cake. Sadly, there was none left, so Soda's bright smile went to a horrifying frown. Yes, it's true, when Soda frowns; it's horrible to look at. It's just…so scary!
Anyway…Soda decides to make more cake. Now, I don't know if they had Betty Crocker back in 1966, but Soda seems to like the idea that they do. So, true or not, Soda looked in cupboard. "Oh Betty Crocker! You can't hide from me you cake devil!" Soda said snickering. Another disappointment, there was no Betty Crocker chocolate cake mix. Soda nearly cried. He took a small stool that all the Curtis brothers use to sit in when they got in trouble, put it in the corner and banged his head against the wall.
"Why is there no cake? I was a good boy! I was a good boy! I deserve the chocolate deliciousness of cake!" Soda sobbed. Then an idea dawned upon Soda. Something we all probably wish never entered Soda's mind in the first place.
"Cookies!" Soda felt overly proud of himself for thinking of the idea. He remembered all the ingredients…just in a very unique way. Soda pulled out a huge mixing bowl, spoon, and a pan that fit 40 cookies at once. Yeah…Soda invented it as you probably guessed.
"Time to make the cookie dough! First let's get flour!" Soda looked through the cupboards and couldn't find flour. Well…at least he didn't think he saw it. Soda thought hard to himself and snapped his fingers. "I'll make flour!"
Up in the attic was chalk, something the Curtis boys played with on the driveway when they were younger. Two-Bit still did…
Anyway, Soda grabbed the whole thing of white chalk and brought it back to the kitchen. There he got out the cheese grater. "I don't know why Darry goes shopping; we got things in the attic for food!"
Soda put the grater above the mixing bowl and started grating the chalk. There in the bowl, was grated chalk, substitution for flour.
"Now for sugar," Soda said. Once again, Soda looked for the sugar. He was sure he missed it. Once again, Soda had to make a substitution. I hope you do all understand why you won't want to be with Soda when he's bored by now. This continues for all his ingredients.
Sugar gets replaced by very crushed ice. When Soda missed the butter, he used lemonade, because he believed Darry already melted butter and put it in a pitcher. Soda rushed to the park to get plenty of sand for brown sugar.
For eggs, Soda made a few fried eggs and poured them into the bowl. Finally, Soda found a box of raisins in the cupboard, but since they looked very similar to chocolate chips, he used them.
Soda crushed everything and mixed it into a pulp. He put forty cookies on the pan and shoved it in the oven. "These will be the best chocolate chip cookies ever!"