`` Salt is like good-humor , and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it , Posy , '' and Uncle Fritz stopped as he passed , hammer in hand , to drive up two or three nails for Sally 's little pans to hang on . `` You are not invited to tea , but I 'll give you some cakes , and I wo n't be cross , '' said Daisy , putting up her floury little face to thank him with a kiss . `` Fritz , you must not interrupt my cooking class , or I 'll come in and moralize when you are teaching Latin . How would you like that ? '' said Mrs. Jo , throwing a great chintz curtain down on his head . `` Very much , try it and see , '' and the amiable Father Bhaer went singing and tapping about the house like a mammoth woodpecker . `` Put the soda into the cream , and when it ` fizzles , ' as Demi says , stir it into the flour , and beat it up as hard as ever you can . Have your griddle hot , butter it well , and then fry away till I come back , '' and Aunt Jo vanished also . Such a clatter as the little spoon made , and such a beating as the batter got , it quite foamed , I assure you ; and when Daisy poured some on to the griddle , it rose like magic into a puffy flapjack that made Demi 's mouth water . To be sure , the first one stuck and scorched , because she forgot the butter , but after that first failure all went well , and six capital little cakes were safely landed in a dish . `` I think I like maple-syrup better than sugar , '' said Demi , from his arm-chair where he had settled himself after setting the table in a new and peculiar manner . `` Then go and ask Asia for some , '' answered Daisy , going into the bath-room to wash her hands . While the nursery was empty something dreadful happened . You see , Kit had been feeling hurt all day because he had carried meat safely and yet got none to pay him . He was not a bad dog , but he had his little faults like the rest of us , and could not always resist temptation . Happening to stroll into the nursery at that moment , he smelt the cakes , saw them unguarded on the low table , and never stopping to think of consequences , swallowed all six at one mouthful . I am glad to say that they were very hot , and burned him so badly that he could not repress a surprised yelp . Daisy heard it , ran in , saw the empty dish , also the end of a yellow tail disappearing under the bed . Without a word she seized that tail , pulled out the thief , and shook him till his ears flapped wildly , then bundled him down-stairs to the shed , where he spent a lonely evening in the coal-bin . Cheered by the sympathy which Demi gave her , Daisy made another bowlful of batter , and fried a dozen cakes , which were even better than the others .
Indeed , Uncle XXXXX after eating two sent up word that he had never tasted any so nice , and every boy at the table below envied Demi at the flapjack party above .
Bhaer Fritz Jo Posy coal-bin day evening first flapjack good-humor