Pinch and Dash Make Soup

Pinch and Dash are good friends. When Pinch gets hungry, but is too lazy to make something to eat, or to travel all the way down the street to the Chat and Chew, he goes next door to see what Dash has to offer. Dash is a great cook, but he never uses enough pepper or hot sauce in his soup. Pinch decides to take matters into his own hands and spice things up. But will the soup be delicious, or will the pair of friends have to find something else to eat for lunch?Michael J. Daley is the author of SPACE STATION RAT, SHANGHAIED TO THE MOON, and RAT TRAP. He lives with his wife, author Jessie Hass, in Westminster, Vermont.Pinch was hungry. He looked in his soup pot. The pot was empty.
            Pinch looked in his refrigerator. He saw a potato, some spinach, and a bit of cheese. Pinch was too lazy to make his own soup.
            “The Chat and Chew serves soup,” Pinch remembered. He was too lazy to walk that far.
            “I wonder what Dash is cooking?” he asked himself. Dash was always cooking something. His kitchen would be warm. His kitchen would be full of good smells.