Once there lived a little monster
In a kingdom far away.
And a very strange thing happened
As he brushed his teeth one day.
As he squeezed his tube of toothpaste,
Deepest thunder shook the skies.
And suddenly a genie stood
Before his very eyes.
I`m the genie of the toothpaste,
Said the genie with a laugh.
I`ve been trapped inside that toothpaste tube
For 3 weeks and a half.
You squeezed the tube and set me free
So here is what I`ll do -
I`ll let you have 3 wishes
And I`ll make them all come true.
Oh boy! exclaimed the monster,
Wow! 3 wishes just for me!
Now let me think and then decide
What my first wish will be.
Now my favorite thing is cookies,
Thought the monster with a grin.
But first I`ll wish for something nice
To keep my cookies in.
I would like a million cookies,
But before I use that wish ...
Hey, Genie, said the monster,
Will you please bring me a dish?
Will I ever! said the genie,
For your wish is my command.
And instantly a dish appeared
Right in the monster`s hand.
Hey, I did it! cried the genie.
Wow! I haven`t lost my touch!
It`s a nice dish, said the monster,
But it won`t hold very much.
The monster thought of all the cookies
That he`d soon get with his wish.
And he knew a million cookies
Couldn`t fit on one small dish.
He would need something much bigger.
So the monster said, Hey, Genie!
I would like a great big box ...
This plate is much too teeny!
You want a box? You`ve got it,
Said the genie with a smirk.
And instantly a box appeared.
The monster cried, Nice work!
But although the box was pretty big
And could hold lots of stuff -
Could it hold a million cookies ...?
It just wasn`t big enough.
So the monster called the genie
And said, Boy, am I in luck!
Since you`ll give me what I wish for ...
How about a great big truck?
And right away a truck appeared
Before the monster`s eyes.
Fantastic! cried the monster.
It is just the perfect size!
It will hold a million cookies,
And I`ll never have to worry.
And that is what I wish for!
Give me cookies now! Please hurry!
I am sorry, said the genie,
For though cookies are delicious,
I cannot give them to you
`Cause you`ve used up your 3 wishes. (love that rhyme!)
Oh, no! exclaimed the monster.
is it true? I just can`t tell.
For although I`m good at eating things,
I do not count so well.
Let us count these things together,
Said the genie, and you`ll see -
The dish is 1, the box is 2,
And then the truck makes 3.
3 things! You`re right, the monster said,
Now what am I to do?
I`ve used up my 3 wishes
And I`m very hungry, too!
Gee, that`s too bad, the genie said,
But now my job`s complete.
I`m so hungry, said the monster,
Oh, I need something to eat!
I`m sad your wish for cookies
Can`t come true, the genie said.
That`s okay, replied the monster ...
... I`ll just eat the truck instead!
And as the monster ate the truck,
The genie disappeared,
Saying, I have seen a lot of things -
But boy ... is that guy weird!
