Once upon a time, there was a magical world where objects could change their size, move backwards and forwards, and make different sounds. One day, a little girl named Lily stumbled upon this world while playing in her backyard. She met a friendly creature who could resize, reverse, scrub, sequence, shift, slip, slur and snap.

The creature showed Lily how to use these powers and they went on many adventures together. They resized themselves to fit through small openings, reversed time to undo mistakes, scrubbed dirty surfaces clean, put events in the correct sequence, shifted objects from one place to another, slipped unnoticed through crowds, slur their speech to sound silly, and snap their fingers to make things happen.

Lily loved her new friend and all the magical abilities they could do together. They became best friends and had many more exciting adventures. From that day on, she never looked at the world in the same way again.

The end.

Reflections

1. What are some of the things that Lily and the creature can do in the magical world?
2. How do they use their powers to have adventures?
3. Can you think of any real-life situations where resizing, reversing, scrubbing, sequencing, shifting, slipping, slurring, or snapping might be useful?
4. Why do you think Lily's world view changed after meeting the creature?
5. What kind of creature do you think the creature is?