A brief narrated children’s story in which a family’s toaster begins to growl at Mom while she makes toast, remains functional for Shepherd, but eventually becomes angry, catches fire, and forces the family to call the firemen. The tale uses simple, repetitive language and personifies the toaster to illustrate the consequences of overusing a household appliance, ending with a cautionary note.
The Story of the Growling Toaster. Everybody figured out they were using it too much. Mom, Mom was getting some toast and then the toaster started growling at her. And in the back room, Dad was eating a cookie. Next page. Shepherd was getting some toast. The toaster was working fine. And then the second And the third day, well, they went to the toaster, they got their plates, but they put it right back because they saw a big accident. The fire— the toaster got so angry that it got on fire, and then they called the firemen. The end. The end.
