Jamie's New Friend

• Mia Abdy, Grade 3
• Short Story
• 2009

There was once a young boy named Jamie and at the age of 6, he needed a new friend. All his life, he had wanted to see, or even meet a friendly, loving, generous and non-scary monster. Lucky for Jamie; today was going to be the best day of his life and you'll soon find out why!
Jamie woke up one fine morning to realise his favourite cereal was missing, so he just had to have boring old Weet-bix instead.
After breakfast, Jamie went outside to play and, when he opened the door, there, for all eyes to see, was a mini, but happy monster about half the size of Jamie, munching on a box of Jamie's favourite Coco Pops!
This monster had two skinny arms with three fingers and claws on each hand and foot, an oval head with 10 spikes sticking out of it and a red body with blue pants. He also had three blue eyes and two fangs.
“Whhhho are yyyyou?” stuttered Jamie. The talkative monster said, “Oh, I'm Mini the monster. Can I please live here with you from now on? I used to always get teased about how small I am. Hopefully I won't get teased anymore if you let me stay with you. I...” “Okay, okay, you can stay, calm down!” replied Jamie. “Oh, and before I forget, I can also shrink!” said the monster. “All you have to do is hold both my hands and tell me to jump 3 times” said Mini.