Inventing Oatmeal
Inventing Oatmeal Inventing Oatmeal On the weekends, Grace and her brother Ben liked to play in the garage. Their father moved his car so they could set up a science table. Their mother often helped them work on fun projects. One day, Grace and Ben decided to try out their new chemistry set. It was a gift from Aunt Amy. She was a scientist herself. They set up their table and got to work. They had borrowed things from the kitchen to test out their new set. There was a glass of milk, some ce
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Inventing Oatmeal
Inventing Oatmeal
On the weekends, Grace and her brother Ben liked to play in the garage.Their father moved his car so they could set up a science table.Their mother often helped them work on fun projects.
One day, Grace and Ben decided to try out their new chemistry set.It was a gift from Aunt Amy. She was a scientist herself.
They set up their table and got to work.They had borrowed things from the kitchen to test out their new set.There was a glass of milk, some cereal flakes, and a glass of juice."Let's pour the milk into the test tube," said Grace.
"Pour in the juice too," said Ben. "And the cereal flakes."
"It looks like soup!" laughed Grace.She furiously stirred the mixture with a long straw.
Grace and Ben stepped back and looked at what they had made.The mixture in the test tube was thick and white.
"Eww! What is it?" asked Grace."I think we invented oatmeal!" said Ben.
"Oatmeal already exists! We didn't invent it," said Grace.
"We invented cold oatmeal!" Ben said."Did you know in England people call it porridge? I did. I'm a genius."
"I don't think geniuses are so messy," laughed Grace.Ben had spilled the thick white mixture all down his shirt.
"Did they always call it porridge?" asked Grace.
"Ever since the Middle Ages," said Ben.
"Wouldn't it be fun to have lived back then?" Grace asked."I wish we could invent a time machine and see how people lived."
"Who needs a time machine?" asked Ben."We have our imagination! We can pretend we're kids living during the Middle Ages!"
Grace closed her eyes. Ben closed his eyes too."Picture us inside a castle," he said. "We're not in the garage anymore.We're not even in the United States.When you open your eyes, we will be in England during the Middle Ages!"
Slowly, they each opened their eyes. Grace couldn't believe her eyes.
