I never knew the family but they were often spoken of in hushed reverent tones in our house. They were special in so many ways. Lived in one small area and intermarried: spoke their own separate tongue. However the most intriguing aspect of their uniqueness was that they ate a special cake which distinguished them from all other families on earth Let me tell you about it:
A special recipe of ingredients was (they said) obtained miraculously and this recipe was handed down from generation to generation.These ingredients were to be followed to the T and if that was all in order then the cake had the most profound beneficial effects on all within the family who ate it: Sicknesses and diseases that plagued other families were not even mentioned among them. They enjoyed victory in battles, wonderful financial blessings and strong lasting family relationships. this was all dependent on staying with the correct ingredients and only eating that mysterious cake.
Sometimes the menu appeared quite boring and tedious. Families around them had a varied and tasty cake (without the benefits)and younger members often wandered off and ate those delicious cakes. Wow! Suddenly they became just like everybody else and succumbed to sicknesses poverty and massive failures and defeats. Didn't take long for them to abandon their foolishness and follow family tradition.This amazing to-ing and fro-ing lasted a long time.
Then one day a son of the original creator of the cake arrived on the scene quite unexpectedly. There was great excitement and expectation until he announced that he was temporarily suspending the original menu:The former tried and tested list of ingredients was to be put on ice for a period and a new type of cake entirely introduced with new ingredients. This new cake was to be enjoyed by all families he said.
The new cake and it's benefits was indeed to be for all and not the sole prerogative of just one family. Talk about jealousy! There was uproar and pandemonium: Some doggedly stuck with the original cake formula: Others were elated and welcomed the new type of cake with open arms, especially as it carried very special benefits and blessings.
The majority went for a mish-mash compromise cake containing some of the old and some of the new ingredients.I think it was the Stantine family led by the youngest boy Con who took the matter in hand and settled matters by reducing the number of ingredients to the bare minimum and enforcing his views on all. He was also quite clever in calling the new cake by a special name --- Cakeianity: Over a period all copies of the son's cake were destroyed and peace of a sort prevailed. Naturally the ordinary folk were confused but for the sake of peace went along with Con and all he proposed. After all his family owned the bakery.
But you always have troublemakers. Some boys began to print their own books on what they insisted were copies of the old formulae.To the amazement of all they even had the audacity to open their own bakeries.Only one answer to that type of carry on and 50 million of them died off in mysterious agony. Probably food poisoning of a sort!
A lovely smiling man took over the bakery a few years ago. His aim is to win over or buy out all small bakeries and develop a "one type fits all" cake in his expanded and enlarged super bakery. At first there were objections but now it seems "The Protest Is Over" The new bakery may be opened very soon. All expect this will go as planned and the 500 years of protests will be ended for ever! Good tidings of great joy will be imposed on all!
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