Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Eating Rotis at Coconut Grove

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, James. He's really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark, you know.

 Oh. Wait! Chance lives with us, too. He's a newborn cubby someone left in a basket on our doorstep. He's a wee little thing. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful!

Guess where we are! We're at Coconut Grove. That's a roti shop in T.O. I l-o-v-e rotis. They're one of my favouritest things to eat. Rotis are in Canada's Food Guide, you know. They're yummy and that's one of the four food groups.

This is our buddy, Miss Sandra. She makes the rotis at Coconut Grove. Know what I think? I think Miss Sandra makes happiness. Happiness is a roti. I will tell you a secret. I think Miss Sandra is a princess.

Miss Sandra makes jerk chicken and oxtail soup, too. She has lots of good things to eat.

Today I am eating a chick pea roti. I know where rotis come from. They come from the West Indies. That's in West India, you know. It's a big place. Some rotis come from Trinidad and Tobago.  I know where my roti is going. It's going to go in my mouth. Look out, roti! I'm gonna put scotch bonnet pepper sauce on you and eat you all up!

We get to drink pop with our rotis. I got pineapple pop. Chance got ginger beer. It's not really beer, you know. It's made from ginger. Pop and roti. James says it's a party for your mouth. It's true!

 Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? James is hollering, "Where are my handsome bear cubs? Where are my Sons of Windsor? Where are my Princes of Ontario? That's me! Charles! That's Chance! We're handsome bear cubs. We're Sons of Windsor and Princes of Ontario! We gotta go find James so we can get our ears tickled and our noses kissed.

 This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Be kind to your friends and neighbours. Then you can eat eat rotis and drink ginger beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can go to Coconut Grove and visit Miss Sandra. We can eat rotis! Okay! Over and out!"

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is adorable. I especially like the smaller bear.

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