Chris Thorndyke

One fine evening, Dimitri, Belle, Christopher Robin, and Jenny Foxworth were having dinner at a fancy restaurant.

The waiter placed their meals in front of them - steak with rum sauce, broccoli, and mashed potatoes for Dimitri, escarole bean soup for Belle, grilled chicken for Christopher Robin, and a spinach salad for Jenny. "Mmmmm!" Naveen said, looks good!"

Jenny was ready to dig into her supper. But before she could, she picked out a few things she did not like. "Cucumbers, yucky. Mushrooms, yucky. Onions, yucky. And smelly." she muttered. Then she took out a raw green spinach leaf from her salad. "Hey, this isn't lettuce!" she yelled, "What kind of a salad is it?"

"Uh-oh, she's gonna pop!" Christopher Robin said, looking worried.

"This is spinach!" Jenny said.

As the waiter was refilling Jenny's glass, he looked at her. "Is something the matter?" he asked.

"This is spinach." Jenny said. Then she shouted, "And I! HATE! SPINACH!!!!!"

And on "spinach", Jenny threw her fist on the plate, causing the salad bowl to fly off her plate and land right on the waiter's head! Everyone stared at the whole Darling family in shock. The waiter was humiliated and very angry to have salad on his head.

"Uh-oh." Jenny gulped.

"That's it!" the waiter said angrily, "I quit!" And he stormed off. Belle and Christopher Robin felt embarrassed. But Dimitri was very, very angry at Jenny.

"I'm so embarrassed!" Belle said to herself.

"Jennifer Marjorie Foxworth Darling!" Dimitri scolded through gritted teeth. Jenny hung her head in guilt.

Later on, the Darling family drove back home. Sinbad was still angry. Cindy Bear, Floral Rugg, and Panini were babysitting Wendy Darling and her brothers, Skippy Rabbit and Piglet.

"Back so soon?" Cindy asked.

"Did you have a good time?" Floral asked.

"How did it turn out?" asked Panini.

Christopher Robin began telling the animal girls what had happened. "Jenny punched her salad, and it exploded!" Dimitri and Belle glared at their son as he finished the story. "All over the waiter, and everyone was staring at us."

"They were not," Jenny yelled. She took off her sweater and folded her arms, pouting. "Everyone's making this into such a big deal!"

"No more restaurants for you, young lady," Dimitri told Jenny. "Until you can behave and learn to eat what's placed in front of you. Now go to your room!"

Jenny became very angry. She glared angrily at Dimitri and told him, "You're as evil as Mr. Sykes!" She then went to her room in tears, where her little kitten, Oliver, is sitting on her bed, waiting for her.

"Father, can we still go to Aunt Cindy, Aunt Floral, and Aunt Panini's birthday party at the Once Upon a Buffet and Grill next week?" Wendy asked.

"Yes, Wendy." Dimitri said, "But I'm afraid Jenny will not be joining us."