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Frost Makes Ramen
Isabel Kwan
One day, Frost decided to make ramen in his house for Uni. Frost is a light blue owl that likes cooking, and Uni is a light yellow duck that likes eating ramen. Uni was Frost's best friend.
"I should make ramen for Uni," he thought, "he loves ramen!"
So, right after Frost finished lunch, he started to make ramen for dinner. He first searched up online on how to make ramen. After a few minutes of searching, he found a recipe to make ramen and went to the store to buy all the ingredients for it.
He got the ramen from his fridge that he bought from the store and started boiling the water for 5 minutes. Next, he started making the soup. He put water in a pot and added some chicken stock and leftover pork bones from yesterday's dinner. He also added sesame oil and let it boil for 30 minutes. After he finished that, he took the ramen out of the boiling water, and put it in cool water for a little bit. He then started to cook the green onions and the vegetables. After they were done cooking, he got two bowls and set them out to put the ingredients/soup after they were done cooking. He started to relax on his couch when he realized he forgot the pork!
"Oh no!" he thought to himself, "Uni's favorite thing from ramen is the pork!"
He drove to the store as fast as he could, which was a three minute drive from his house. He got to the store and bought the pork and drove back to his house sighing with relief. He went back home and took the pot of soup off the stove, and started cooking the pork.
After that was done, he went upstairs and took a shower. Once he was finished, the doorbell rang. He hurried down the stairs and saw it was the mailman. He got the package and looked up at the clock.
"Ten more minutes!" he thought excitedly.
He set up the table and got the ramen ready in the two bowls. There was extra, but if they were hungry they could eat more.
A few moments later, the doorbell rang!
"Ding dong!" said the doorbell.
He hurried and saw Uni when he opened the door. But wait, there was another person at the door. It was Strawberry! Strawberry was a cat who had pink and beige fur. He welcomed them both and got another bowl of ramen for Strawberry. Frost realized learned something new today, he should prepare for the unexpected and to prepare a list before he cooks anything. They talked and had fun the rest of the night.
This work was an entry to the San Jose Public Library's Fall into Fiction 2022 short story contest.
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