How To Preserve Children - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large grassy field
4,325 buttercups
1/3 doz. children (assorted sizes)
3 small dogs (any name brand)
1 smidgeon butterflies
pinch of brook
few small pebbles

Preparation

Mix the children and dogs together well.
Put them in the field, mixing constantly with the butterflies.
Pour the brook over the pebbles.
Sprinkle the field with the buttercups.
Spread over all a deep blue sky; bake under a warm sun.
When thoroughly browned, remove and set to cool in a bathtub.
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