Once upon a time, there was an orange cat named Oscar. He lived in a colorful world with other animals who had different colored fur. One day, Oscar wanted to play hide and seek with his friends. He asked the pink rabbit, grey squirrel, brown bear, white sheep, blue bird, yellow duck, black dog, green frog, red fox, and purple horse if they wanted to play. They all agreed and Oscar went first to hide.

Oscar thought he found the perfect hiding spot behind a big tree painted in all the colors of the rainbow- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, white, grey, black and brown. He closed his eyes and counted to 100. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the tree was gone!

He asked his friends if they had seen the tree and they all said no. Oscar couldn't imagine where the tree could have gone. Just then, a mischievous one-eyed monster appeared and told Oscar that he took the tree because he loved all the colors on it. Oscar and his friends teamed up and came up with a plan to get the tree back.

They used their colorful fur to paint the monster's dull, grey body. The monster was so happy with his new look that he gave the tree back to Oscar and his friends. From that day on, the monster became friends with all the animals and they all played together happily ever after.

The end.

Reflections

1. What was Oscar's plan to get the tree back from the monster?
2. What did the friends do to make the monster happy?
3. How did the monster change after becoming friends with Oscar and his friends?
4. Can you think of a different ending for the story?