Finn Bakery and Angel Nikolai Cookies Book Fairy Tales 2021
Once upon a time, in a little town called “Anapotamia”, lived a baker named Finn. He would bake cakes, pies, cookies and everyone in the town would visit his shop to buy his food. He was a very honest person and precise baker, who kept checking his scales and made sure that he gave his customers exactly what they paid for. People loved buying from Finn’s Bakery because everything was delicious and his precision made him a trustworthy seller. His bakery was always filled with people buying his food, especially on Angel Nikolai day! There would be a line of people waiting to get his delicious Angel Nikolai Cookies. The Gingerbread cookies, topped with a sugary red and white icing, looked just like Angel Nikolai, with a red and white hat and a long red cloak. The hypnotizing aroma, of the gingerbread cookies, spread throughout the town, drawing people to his bakery.
That Angel Nikolai day morning, as the doors to the bakery opened, people began to walk in to get their cookies. People from all over the town flocked to Finn’s bakery to pick up a batch of his famous Angel Nikolai cookies. But it was one particular customer, that would change Finn’s fate forever.
“Excuse me, Sir! Excuse me! Down here!” Kid said!
“Oh! Forgive me, Kid! I did not see you there! What can I get you?” Finn replied and asked!
“I would like a dozen of your Angel Nikolai cookies please!” Kid replied!
“Coming right up!” Finn replied!
Finn took the tray and picked up twelve cookies and placed them in the box. He packed up the box and handed it over to the little kid.
“Excuse me! I had asked for a dozen. But you gave me only twelve cookies!” Kid asked!
“Yes! Because a dozen means twelve!” Finn replied!
“But my mommy told me it is thirteen. Can you please give me one more?” Kid said!
“Sorry kid! I always give customers exactly what they pay for. Nothing more, nothing less!” Finn replied!
“But… But!!! Haaaa…” Kid crying!
“Hey! Don’t cry kiddo! It’s gonna be just fine. Why don’t you just give her one more?” Lady asked!
“Everyone knows, a dozen is twelve, so I gave her twelve!” Finn replied!
“Now I say a dozen is thirteen! Won’t you give the little kid one, just to make her happy?” Lady said and asked!
“No, I cannot!” Finn replied!
“Then Mr. Finn Baker, you may be an honest man, but your is small. You will fall, and you will mount and that is when you will learn how to count!” Lady said!
Saying this, she stormed out of the Bakery, followed by the little kid. From that day on, everything began to go wrong. The bread rose too much, and the pies he made were to sour. Soon, people noticed how bad his food had become and slowly stopped going to his shop. He went from one of the most successful bakers’ in the town to a shop that nobody went to. Finn went on with it for days, selling less and baking less. People rarely came to get food from his bakery now and at the end of the day, he would go home sad.
A year had passed, and it was days before the Angel Nikolai day when Finn found himself sitting in his bakery, all alone, with nobody to buy his precious Angel Nikolai cookies. That night, sad and dejected, he closed his shop, went home, and slept. He woke up with a start as the moonlight shone through the curtains and he sat there thinking.
“I have always been one to give my customers exactly what they pay for but why not more! It’s such a good feeling to give! It spreads so much joy!” Finn said!
On Angel Nikolai day, at the break of dawn, Finn went to the bakery and began to make the cookies, putting together all his ingredients, with a big grin on his face. He rolled up the gingerbread dough and cut up the pieces with mold, and soon they were baked. He spread the red and white icing over the cookies and made them look exactly like Angel Nikolai. He was very happy with the cookies which looked better than any that he had made before. Just as he was done, Lady (Evanora) walked in and went straight up to him.
“I would like a dozen Angel Nikolai cookies please!” Lady said!
“Here you go!” From now on, in my bakery, a dozen is thirteen!” Finn replied!
“You have learned to count well. You will surely be rewarded for your generosity!” Lady said!
Saying this, she thanked the baker and walked out of the door. And what she had foretold was indeed true, as the news that Finn counted thirteen as a dozen spread quickly, and people from all over the town rushed to get a dozen of his delicious cookies. And soon, he became so wealthy, that he decided to give food to the poor, every weekend for free, which drew more and more people from the town and around to buy food from his bakery.
Thus learning that honesty and generosity are important to spread the spirit of joy in the world.
