Week 13 Story: Pat-Pasta

Once upon a time there was a family that lived in Northern Italy. They lived on farm in the middle of nowhere. There wasn't much for the family to do, which meant that the family could be experts in something else. The family became one of the best pasta makers in all of Italy. That is high praise for a country that is known for their amazing pasta. One day, the son of the family was wondering around the house and heard a bang. The son peered into the kitchen and saw the pot, that was on the stove, dumped on the floor. The boy scratched his head and began to investigate. All of a sudden, a clump of pasta ran out the door and began to run away. The boy knew the high value of the pasta and took off after it.
The boy yelled stop at the pasta as it ran away, and the pasta responded with, "You will never catch me boy! I am Pat-Pasta!" Pat-Pasta rana so fast that the boy lost sight of him. Pat-Pasta continued to run and came upon a couple of hungry miners. "I have outrun a boy and I will outrun you too!!" said the Pat-Pasta.
He took off as the miners gave chase, but Pat-Pasta was just too fast for them too. Pat-Pasta continued to run and run as he lost the miners and thought he was the king of the world. Pat-Pasta then came upon a goat.
"Hello goat, you are too slow for me and I will leave you in my dust!!" Pat-Pasta yelled this at the goat and the goat took offense to the statement and began chasing Pat-Pasta. Pat-Pasta was no match for the goat as the goat couldn't keep up with the fast pasta.
Pat-Pasta then came upon a fox. This fox was relaxing under a tree but was hungry. The fox saw Pat-Pasta running towards him and had a feeling that Pat-Pasta was going to stop and say something to him. "I have outran a boy, two miners and a goat. You are the next one to eat my dust!!" Pat-Pasta was adamant that he was going to outrun the fox. Well the fox was a little smarter than the rest. "What did you say??" said the fox. Pat-Pasta, being the cocky pasta that he was, got closer and yelled the exact same in the foxes face.
Pat-Pasta fell right into the foxes trap as the fox leaned over and gobbled Pat-Pasta up. The fox licked his lips, shrugged his shoulders and went to sleep.
THE END

Pat-Pasta memorial run poster https://images.app.goo.gl/HXp26YecYJTDrgsC8

Author's Note: I used the Johnny-Cake story as inspiration for my Pat-Pasta story. The family and the chasing parts of the story came from the Johnny-Cake story. Pat-Pasta is a spoof of Johnny-Cake but both had the same cocky personality to go with their very fast running. I used the same animal at the end of my story as the Johnny-Cake story was the fox. The sly fox eats both characters at the end and abruptly ends the story.
Bibliography: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/03/english-fairy-tales-johnny-cake.html