Hindi tumagal at dinaanan ng pankeyk ang isang hardinero.
“Tigil ka!” iyak ng hardinero. “Gusto kitang kainin!” Ngunit
bumilis lang ang paggulong ng pankeyk.
“Ayoko ang makain ako,” ang kanyang sinabi. “Hindi ako
nahuli ng pitong nagugutom na batang lalaki. Hindi rin ako
nahuli ng kanilang nanay. At hindi ako magpapahuli sa iyo!”
Inilapag ng hardinero ang kanyang pala at hinabol ang malaking pankeyk.
Soon the pancake passed a man in his garden.
“Stop!” cried the man. “I’d like to eat you!” But the
pancake just rolled faster.
“I don’t want to be eaten,” it said. “Seven hungry
boys couldn’t catch me. Their mother couldn’t catch
me. And I won’t let you catch me!”
But the man put down his spade and chased after the
big pancake.