Pass

Part 2:Oak

WORDS:

▪ Difficulty

▪ Place

▪Jungle

▪Compound

▪Stretch

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The last couple weeks have been... odd. It's not that I have difficulty accepting the human advances, I just don't particularly trust their actions. Sweaty palms trying to pick me up, checking if I am okay. I swear, one day I will report them for making me crumble at those sudden movements. I know that they don't truly care for our existence, especially Mark. Last week alone, he questioned me on whether I was using enough butter more than 3 times. How rude of him to assume that I can not take care of myself.

Besides having random government figures coming in and checking that all runs smoothly, this place has become rather dull. I want to go somewhere! See something! Feel wind against my rough texture! 

Unfortunate for me, this is not a subject I can discuss with the humans. They would simply assign a buddy for me and send me on my merry way. I would love to go somewhere like a jungle, but I am not keen on having a human companion who would only accompany me for monetary gain. I know the nature of others, they only care for themselves.

Continuing this trail of thought, I notice that I am very dry. Maybe Mark was right and I'm not using enough- OF COURSE he is not right. He only spoke to me because it's his job to look after us. Without the government funding, he would not hesitate to throw us out. Shut up yeast, I do not have enough time to contemplate whether his intentions are pure, I need to find the 'Butter Compound' they use to keep us alive and well.

I soon stumble across it. Finally, it seems like Mark had misplaced it. I knew it, he is only looking after us for his own gain. If that was not the case, he would keep it in one spot to aid us in our survival. I grab a chunk of butter and spread it on myself as they would normally do. You see, it is common for Toasties to ask their human 'friends' to help them in the process. I, however, know that they are only helping us for their own gain and therefore had to learn it on my own.  Applying the butter also counts towards my daily stretch, which is an added bonus of being independent of these greedy creatures.