I Want (Marigold Grade 2)

I want to be big

 

Says little monkey

 

 

I want to be strong 

 

 

A wise woman hears him. “Take this magic wand,” she says, “and all your wishes can come true.”

 

A giraffe comes by. He stretches his long neck. He eats the sweet leaves at the top of the tree.

 

 

 

 

“I want a long neck”, says Little Monkey

 

 

 

“POP!” His neck grows long, just like the giraffe’s. Little monkey is happy 

 

 

An elephant comes down to the river

He fills his trunk with water. He blows it all over himself

 

“I want to do that too!” says Little Monkey. 

Just like that, he grows a trunk. He is very happy. 

“This is fun!” he says 

 

Next, Little Monkey sees a zebra

 

 

“I want stripes like those”, he says 

 

 

He goes to the river to try out his new trunk.

He looks down. He sees himself in the water. 

“Mother!” he cries. “Help! A monster!”

 

“That’s not a monster,” says his mother. “That’s you.” 

 

 

“You want a giraffe’s neck”

 

 

An elephant’s trunk

 

 

And stripes like a zebra. Don’t you remember?”

“I want to be myself again” says little monkey 

 

 

There is a POP, a BANG and a WHIZZ.  Little Monkey is himself again. He jumps for joy! 

 

He throws the magic wand 

 

 

Into the river

He never wants to be anyone else again