Teacher: Melanie

On my 7th birthday, something magical happened. It was a cool, fall evening, and my mother said I had one last present to open, but it was hidden under my bed. I looked under my bed, and really far back I saw a shiny and pretty book I had never seen before. I reached for the book. I crawled all the way underneath the bed until I had the book in my hands.

I opened the book to the first page and started to read a little. The story was about summer. I closed my eyes and thought, “I want to be in summer again.” When I opened them, it felt warm and I saw lots of people playing in a swimming pool. It was summer! In my hand, a magic pen appeared. In front of me, there was a flower that gave me a magic summer bell. I walked around and tried to find my home. I saw a house that looked like mine. When I went to the front door, the sun monster appeared and shot a hot laser at me. I pulled out my magic pen, clicked the button and a magical bubble formed all around me. The laser bounced off and hit the sun monster. She didn’t die, so I tried to use my magic pen to attack and she said, “Stop! I give up. I will help you find your home.” Then I held up my pen and changed the season to winter. I walked around until I came across a polar bear. The polar bear gave me a magic winter bell. Then I walked some more and a winter monster appeared. The monster threw snowballs at me. I got my magic pen out and made the magic bubble again. The snowballs bounced off and hit the monster, but he didn’t die. I took out my pen and made a giant snow pile in front of me to block the monster attack. The winter monster said he and the sun monster were friends and he would help me get home. Then I rang my two bells for 1 minute and I returned to fall. I looked around and saw that the sun monster was a princess and the winter monster was a handsome prince. I pulled out my magic pen, clicked while saying, “Home.” I arrived home and gave my mom a big hug. I said thank you for the present and that I would take other people with me next time on the adventure.

We helped the prince and the princess get married in our backyard. Then, my whole family opened the book and went back to fight with the flower monster in spring. I made sure everyone had a magic pen so we could get back home. It was a great birthday!

Discussion questions:

Describe what happened in the story.

1. What season was it at the beginning of the story? And what was special about that day?

2. What was his final birthday present?

3. Who does Ryan encounter on his magical adventure?

4. How did he get home?

5. What did his family do at the end of the story?

6. Why did he find his last present under the bed? Why not on the bed or on the table? Please guess. 

7. What is your favorite season and why?