Category: Children Type: Fiction
Pages: 31
Copyright: Aug 31 2003
Matthew has many wishes which he wants to come true RIGHT now! When is getting what you wish for ever not a good thing? Find out in this fourth adventure when Matthew visits his grandparents' house and receives more surprises than he even wished!
“Okay. But, Daddy?” I called. I still had more to say to that man.
“Yes, Matthew?”
“Wanna know my really, really most secret wish?”
He gave a deep breath and then walked back to my bed. “What would that be my big singer?”
“Put your ear to my mouth, and I’ll tell you,” I whispered.
He leaned way down close to my mouth, and I whispered into his ear. “I wish that Ed was real.”
Daddy looked surprised when he sat up straight again. But then he said, “That would be great, wouldn’t it? But, don’t you think it might be hard to take care of a lion in the house? How would we feed it? Where would it sleep?”
“Oh, he could sleep with me like he always does, and I’d learn how to feed him. Lions probably like to eat everything, don’t you think Daddy?”
“Yeah, I think they do, Buddy. I think they probably eat anything they want.”
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