Baker Toad and Drool Bake Bread

Lyrics by DragonHug --- Baker Toad is inspecting his newly baked bread. He weighs and taps and measures the loaf. "Bah. This bread is not perfect." "One more for you, Drool." --- What went wrong this time… Was it… the angle of the table? or a crack in the bowl? Was it a moment too soon? or a moment too late? No, my timing is supreme Was it one knead too many? or one too few? Impossible, my kneads are impeccable Was it a rogue grain of salt? An infiltrating speck of dust? Was it a tremor in the floor? Is the weather at fault? What do I need to adjust? What have I not accounted for!? --- Again. Another attempt Check for flaws, who betrayed me what did I fail in? Tap, tap, tap. Table level. Weigh and measure once and twice and thrice. The scale is honest, bowl of optimal design. Pet, pet, pet, Drool present, always the bestest. Calibrate, straighten, align. Scrub, brush, rub and shine, oven sootless, wood crackless, spoon flawless, everything dustless! Check it all again One more time The purest flour milled from the straightest stalks, selected grain by grain, obviously. Rainwater from a cloud that thundered eleven times, caught before touching the ground, of course. Exactly eight thousand one hundred and ninety-two grains of salt, each weighed and inspected, naturally. Everything readied and measured for bread perfection The baking commences! --- Flour… descend Water… unite Salt… attend Now… become Harmony forms A single dough awakens --- Now… the taming Knead And the dough yields Press And the dough listens Fold And the dough obeys Knead And the dough yields Press And the dough listens Fold And the dough obeys Knead again And the dough becomes worthy! --- The shaping Gather And sculpt And form The original design Gently caress Firmly direct A shape emerges… a destiny unfolds The birth of bread loaf unbounden --- Oven awaits Enter the warmth The trial begins --- The sweetest scent, a grace Browns and golds embrace Rise my child Rise! Rise!! Rise!!! --- It is... beautiful The bread is perfect I have… succeeded. Did you see, Drool? It is the perfect bread!" "Quickly, Drool! Eat it while the temperature is correct!" .... "Again... One more time Another bread."