The story of Chocolate

This book is about some villagers who find chocolate and cocoa beans in the jungle. They follow the drifting smell, then find some and pour it into a bowl.    One of them said, "yum!"  The other said, "yuck!" spitting the cocoa bean out of their mouth. Next they roasted the beans over a fire, ground them into a paste and stirred in water spices.   They called their new drink chocolate baa. It was very bitter. The people liked it.   They went hiking in the jungle for cocoa pods.  The farmers planted cocoa bean trees in their very own fields. The farmers are members of a huge group that are called the Mayans.  Before long, chocolate baa chocolate was an important part of the Mayan life.  Mayan kings and priests began to drink it every single day.  They loved the froth best.  At Mayan weddings, the bride and groom showed their love for each other by exchanging five cocoa beans. People were so enchanted by the cocoa tree, they painted it on everything.  Their walls were painted nicely. The reason why they loved it so much was because they did such hard work.  That's why it tasted so nice because they worked so hard on it. The cocoa beans became so popular that it was used as money.  Once upon a time, the world had no chocolate.  The god of farmers appeared from a paradise with a cocoa tree.

by Kelsey 

Author is Katie Daynes