Isabella Hates Spinach

One fine evening, Tulio, Snow White, Elroy Jetson, and Isabella Garcia Shapiro 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 Tulio, escarole bean soup for Snow White, grilled chicken for Elroy, and a spinach salad for Isabella. "Mmmmm!" Tulio said, looks good!"

Isabella 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!" Isabella said.

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

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

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

"Uh-oh." Isabella gulped.

"That's it!" the waiter said angrily, "I quit!" And he stormed off. Snow White and Elroy felt embarrassed. But Tulio was very, very angry at Isabella.

"I'm so embarrassed!" Snow White said to herself.

"Maria Isabella Rosa Garcia Shapiro Steilen!" Tulio scolded through gritted teeth. Isabella hung her head in guilt.

Later on, the Steilen family drove back home. Tulio was still angry. Miss Bianca, Teresa Brisby, and Abigail were babysitting Kilala Reno and her brothers, Young Simba and Flower.

"Back so soon?" Bianca asked.

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

"How did it turn out?" asked Abigail.

Elroy began telling the female mice what had happened. "Isabella punched her salad, and it exploded!" Tulio and Snow White glared at their son as he finished the story. "All over the waiter, and everyone was staring at us."

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

Isabella became very angry. She glared angrily at Tulio and told him, "You're as evil as Dr. Doofenshmirtz!" She then went to her room in tears.

"Father, can we still go to Aunt Bianca, Aunt Teresa, and Aunt Abigail's birthday party at the Once Upon a Buffet and Grill next week?" Kilala asked.

"Yes, Kilala." Tulio said, "But I'm afraid Isabella will not be joining us."