Involved Cookies[]
Bond Story[]
"Mmm! Nothing better than a cup of cocoa on a snowy day!" "Absolutely! Thank you for inviting us, Cocoa Cookie!"
Here we are, in Cocoa Cookie's warm cozy living room. Cocoa Cookie, Cotton Cookie, and Snow Sugar Cookie gathered to enjoy a piping hot cup of cocoa by the fireplace. Cocoa Cookie always welcomed guests who had a taste in cocoa, Snow Sugar Cookie loved hanging out with these two Cookies who appreciated winter, and the quiet Cotton Cookie felt like she could be herself around the two.
"You know what would make this even better? A good story! Cotton Cookie, can you tell us that story about the lantern?" Cotton Cookie blushed at Snow Sugar Cookie's request. "But I've already told you that story five times!"
"Wait, I have a story! It's about the Cookies of the Cacao Woods!" Cocoa Cookie started her story, and the two Cookies grew quiet and listened intently.
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, there was a village by the Cacao Woods, famous for its cocoa powder. It was a small but endearing place, offering visitors hot cocoa on cold nights and iced cocoa on hot days.
Soon, word of this delicious cocoa powder spread across the entire continent. The rumors reached a particular greedy dragon who decided to take the Cacao Woods for himself! The dragon, the Ice Smoothie Dragon, capable of freezing everything with its breath, froze the Cacao Woods. That's right—the world's most delicious cocoa was frozen away.
The Cookies of the village begged for help, but no one would come now that there was no cocoa to drink. Just like a pack of cocoa powder tucked away in the corner of the freezer, the village was forgotten...
But fate would have it otherwise—a group of valiant knights heard the cries for help! The knights were famous for their great strength and, most of all, their dragon-hunting skills. The leader of these knights led his warriors toward the Cacao Woods as soon as he heard the news. A king offered him thousands of Coins and fancy title, but the old knight only replied, "There is nothing you can offer me that'll change my mind... For a cup of hot cocoa is all I need." And left for the frozen woods!
The knights arrived at the Cacao Woods, swung their swords and spears, and trounced the gigantic Ice Smoothie Dragon. The Cocoa Cookies offered the knights hundreds of boxes of the finest cocoa. Soon, everyone in the land learned of the village, and visitors from every corner of the world came back! And that's how cocoa came here! The cocoa you're drinking is from the Cacao Woods, you know!
"Wow, that's so cool! With good friends, you can defeat even a giant greedy dragon. Wonderful!" "It sounds like a simple act of kindness can save a whole village!" Snow Sugar Cookie exclaimed with joy, and Cotton Cookie agreed with them. The three Cookies continued to discuss the story, giggling and smiling together.
One thing they didn't realize that Cotton Cookie and Snow Sugar cookie weren't the only ones listening to Cocoa Cookie— Eclair Cookie and Tea Knight Cookie overheard the story and stopped by their window to listen. "It brings me great joy to see the future generation excited about history: Surely there were inaccuracies in the story, but that's how legends come to be and..." "... You told her that story, didn't you." "Wha-? I beg your pardon? Ahem!" Eclair Cookie started coughing, startled by Tea Knight Cookie's sudden question. "Shouldn't researchers like yourself educate the young ones with facts instead of ridiculous fables?" "Well... The Ice Smoothie Dragon from the story might of have been just a simple Ice Lizard, and the Cookies of the Cacao Village may have exaggerated a few details... Thanks to your detailed report, history will remember the truth. But! Life is more colorful with some exaggeration, don't you agree? And more inspiring too! After all, the Tea Knights DID do amazing things!" Eclair Cookie and Tea Knight Cookie continued their talk as they walked away. Perhaps those two even walked back home and had some hot cocoa that day!