One
fine day, the children of Class Four were being told a story about a naughty
boy named Pinocchio by a 5th-Grader. “And then, his nose started
growing longer!”, she said. “Oh! How I wish it happened to us too because when
I tell the truth, my parents think I’m lying. They’d know if we were telling
the truth!!!”, Stanley wished. “Stanley, think before wishing!”, I glared at
him, “They might come true, you never know!!” Suddenly, green smoke appeared in
our classroom. We coughed and scolded Stanley. ”Stanley, did you really have
to?”, I coughed.”Look what you got us all in to!!!” Everyone agreed with me and
got really upset with him.
Poor
Stanley! He looked so guilty! I almost felt like blaming myself for all this!
We then heard a very dark and witchy voice say, “Good wish Stanley! I can help you…….May
their nose grow longer as they lie!!!!” “Please, witch! Do not make the wish
come true!! PLEASE!!!” I cried. But it was too late - the green smoke
reappeared and drowned all my cries. Others did not seem to care. They thought
they imagined the whole thing but shared terrified looks. Meanwhile, Akshit
interrupted their thoughts by coughing.”Cough, cough! I think I’m ill!! COUGH!!!”
He fainted. Their question was answered because the moment he did that, his
nose started growing one inch longer!!! “Looks like we weren’t imagining after
all!!”, Mridul said , his voice slightly trembling. “That’s fine, but how do we
get him out of the spell???”, moaned Jaiwant, Akshit’s Best Friend. There was a
ghastly silence as we all realized we could NOT get him out of the spell the
witch had cast on us. So, each day everyone lied at least once and our noses
grew longer and longer.😢😢
One
fateful day, our long noses were noticed by a good, young and helpful fairy
named Anastasia. But, as soon as we caught sight of her, she quickly hid her
fairy wings so we wouldn’t know she was a fairy. “Good day, ma’am!” She didn’t
respond. Perhaps she’s French, I thought. “Bonjour, Mademoiselle!”, said
one of my French friends. “Thank you ! Good day to you too!”, she smiled
sweetly. “I am famished”, she said,
laughing gently. We served her some food🍲 and gave her a tour around. All of a
sudden, her ears began to sparkle. “Oh no! Time’s up!”, she cried, looking
worried. “What’s with the worried face, ma’am?”, we asked curiously. She
sighed. “You have been kind to me, so in return I will grant you a wish.” Then
from her back, out rose her wings!!! Her magic wand appeared in her hand, as
did her rainbow-coloured🌈 hair and a very long, elegant, fairy-ish, purple dress.👗 “You’re a…”, we tried to speak but words failed us. She smiled and nodded. “Yes.
What is your only wish dear children?” We all said excitedly, “We ask you to
please get us OUT of this spell!!!J”
“Ok children, it will be granted!” Before she went she gave us all a candy.🍬 “Eat this and it will be gone forever!”, she instructed .Then she disappeared. Without
wasting time, we gobbled our candies. Poof ! Our nose was normal! We had learnt our lesson and from then
on we never ever wished again.
