Rafi’s Pancake Passport — The bell over the diner door jingled bright as Rafi slid three pancakes onto a plate and tapped the counter twice. Read the full story →
The bell over the diner door jingled bright as Rafi slid three pancakes onto a plate and tapped the counter twice. He had invented Pancake Passport, a game where each pancake had to “visit” every stool before breakfast. Sizzle-pop went the griddle. Clink-clink went the syrup bottle. “Next stop, window seat!” Rafi called, and his friend at the cocoa pot cheered while steam curled like a tiny flag.
Round and round the plate traveled: past the red stools, under the warm lamps, beside the menu with its tidy lines. Then the pancake at the top made a perfect little bubble shaped like the diner’s front door. Rafi gasped. The game was not only on the counter—the griddle had stamped the first passport mark! Everyone laughed, and the cocoa pot poured one sweet river into a mug. If you peek back at the busy counter, can you find where Rafi’s Pancake Passport began with tap-tap?
