The Boy That Turned Green!

By: Steven J. Butler, Jr. (Buckstevenson)

“Hi there, I’m your narrator Mr. Raccoon and welcome to the inside of a book,” said Mr. Raccoon. Mr. Raccoon was in the sky and flying using a magical umbrella. “This is the story about a boy,” said Mr. Raccoon. Then Mr. Raccoon flew by a building with a chimney. “I’m now going down the chimney, so I can continue to tell my tale,” said Mr. Raccoon as he was floating down the chimney. Now we go to a classroom and Mr. Raccoon covered in ash walked out. “In school one day, a third grade boy was turning green! And the mouse was staring at him. Soon the kids were all looking at him too,” said Mr. Raccoon. “What’s having to me,” cried the boy. Now we go to a laboratory and Mr. Raccoon was sitting on a stool. “Then the principal took the kid to a very smart scientist who actually studies fish in the ocean, technically the scientist was the principal’s brother-in-law and you know how that goes,” said Mr. Raccoon. Soon the boy was being studied and experimented on and it seemed as though he was becoming a plant. “Not only did the scientist not understand why a human child was turning into a plant, the boy was basically just as confused,” said Mr. Raccoon. Soon the scientist called the media and overnight the boy became front page news. Now we see Mr. Raccoon reading a newspaper. “Poor child, now the boy lived the life as a lonely circus freak and he soon began to miss his old life,” said Mr. Raccoon. The boy lived with the circus and he hated being different. The boy missed his family and his friends. But the world wanted to see a half-human and half-plant creature so the boy gave the people what they wanted. His parents sued the circus and wanted their son back, but the circus was found innocent and the parents had to pay them $4,000 and give them custody of the boy. Soon the boy or now as the world knew him “The Plant Guy” was sad and he would do anything to have his old life back. Then the gardener who worked for the circus’s ringmaster came in and treated the boy like a plant. But before the boy was about to be trimmed and cut like a plant, Mr. Raccoon flew in and saved the boy. Mr. Raccoon held the boy’s hand and they were flying all over the city. “Now child, my name is Mr. Raccoon, I’m the teller of this tale and also the hero of it. I know how much you want your old life back so I’ll turn you back into a human, and return you home where you belong,” said Mr. Raccoon. Then the boy who had turned green soon turned back to his original self and was back home with his family. Now the boy reunited with his family sat down together for dinner. Mr. Raccoon was watching from outside the window. “I love a happy ending,” said Mr. Raccoon to himself. Then Mr. Raccoon flew off and everyone lived happily ever after.

The End!