In Saint-Potiron, a mysterious sign has upended the annual pastry contest.
Town hall is investigating, while residents suspect a very flaky grudge.
Since Tuesday, the bench in front of the old phone booth creaks every time an apple pie is set on it. Pear tarts, however, elicit no reaction. The phenomenon was observed by three volunteers from the festival committee and a mail carrier who came to drop off a package.
“We tried with a pie without cinnamon: same creak, but higher-pitched,” said Mireille Vasseur, head of the local contest. According to her, the bench had never shown any particular aversion to desserts before this week.
A sign reading “No Reinette after 2 p.m.” was found nailed under the seat. No one knows who put it there, or why the ban applies only to Reinette apples. The village carpenter is due to examine the bench on Friday.
In the meantime, the festival committee has moved the pies to the community hall. The contest will go ahead, but entrants will have to specify the variety of their apples when they sign up. The bench, meanwhile, will remain under watch — with a pear tart within arm’s reach.
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