Little Guys Create a Compelling Argument

Hey, everyone! It’s us, the cutest and cunningest lizards you know! We’re visiting the Cookie lady here in Northern MN. We know for a fact that she has this cookbook of very delicious, very chocolatey treats. And, so, you can imagine our distress when we found this on the counter.

Yeah, we know. Butter softening in a bowl= cookies. Not brownies. Not chocolate cake. Not fudge. Cookies- mostly flour and sugar with a little chocolate thrown in (if you’re lucky). This is what a treat is supposed to look like…

We made a plan and did something about our problem. First, we wrote a friendly letter.

We took liberated some key ingredients.

Then we took some lessons from a friendly sea captain on how to sail a ship.

We enlisted some backup.

And we headed to our ship to await a response.

It’s here we should mention some tips in case you want to try this at home. One- you need to strengthen your side of the negotiation. (In this case, if we had all the chips, she couldn’t make the cookies.) Two- make it look like you’re really helping them out and “giving” something to the other side. (We found a brownie recipe so she didn’t have to look for it.)

Three- remain wary. She’s a very smart lady and agreed to our demands (either pay us 1 chocolate chip per cookie being baked or make brownies AND cookies). But… she also stood at the top of the stairs to see where we’d hidden the chocolate chips. We waited till she walked away to retrieve them. And we stayed in the kitchen while she baked.

When these came out of the oven, we had to do a taste test. Pretty good, but again- mostly cookie. We stuck around to be sure she held up her end of the bargain.

Happy days! And happy lizards! Camp Cookie Resort and Spa doesn’t disappoint.