Penny Hates Spinach

One fine evening, John Smith, Pocahontas, Elroy Jetson, and Penny 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 John Rolfe, escarole bean soup for Pocahontas, grilled chicken for Elroy, and a spinach salad for Penny. "Mmmmm!" John Smith said, looks good!"

Penny 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!" Elroy said, looking worried.

"This is spinach!" Penny said.

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

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

And on "spinach", Penny 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 Smith family in shock. The waiter was humiliated and very angry to have salad on his head.

"Uh-oh." Penny gulped.

"That's it!" the waiter said angrily, "I quit!" And he stormed off. Pocahontas and Elroy felt embarrassed. But John Smith was very, very angry at Penny.

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

"Penelope Jean Smith!" John Smith scolded through gritted teeth. Penny hung her head in guilt.

Later on, the Smith family drove back home. John Smith was still angry. Anna, Rapunzel, and Merida were babysitting Lilo Pelekai and her twin brothers, Chip and Dale.

"Back so soon?" Anna asked.

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

"How did it turn out?" asked Merida.

Elroy began telling the princesses what had happened. "Penny punched her salad, and it exploded!" John Smith and Pocahontas glared at their son as he finished the story. "All over the waiter, and everyone was staring at us."

"They were not," Penny 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," John Smith told Penny. "Until you can behave and learn to eat what's placed in front of you. Now go to your room!"

Penny became very angry. She glared angrily at John Smith and told him, "You're as evil as Medusa!" She then went to her room in tears, where her mouse friends, Bernard, Miss Bianca, and Jake, are waiting for her.

"Stepfather, can we still go to Aunt Anna, Aunt Rapunzel, and Aunt Merida's birthday party at the Once Upon a Buffet and Grill next week?" Lilo asked.

"Yes, Lilo." John Smith said, "But I'm afraid Penny will not be joining us."