
Once upon a time there was a little girl who loved to eat. Every day she would eat lots of yummy food.
One day, her mummy told her that she had to measure how much food she ate. The little girl said "No! I don't want to!" but her mummy said "It's important, you have to!"
The little girl didn't like her mummy's words but she decided to measure her food anyway. Every meal she had to measure it before she ate.
One afternoon, she was really hungry and decided to eat a yummy hot soup. But because she was so very hungry, she decided to not measure the soup. She was sure it would be fine.
Unfortunately, the soup was too hot and the little girl burnt her mouth. She ran to her mummy in pain, crying and feeling sorry.
Mummy said "I told you to measure the food first! Now you know why it's important."
The little girl didn't eat hot food for a very long time. She always remembered to measure her food so it would not be too hot.
