1、,I wish that I had duck feet. No more shoes! No shoes for me! The man down at the shoe store would not have my size, you see.,If I had two duck feet, I could laugh at Big Bill Brown. I would say, “YOU dont have duck feet! These are all there are in town!“,I think it would be very good to have them w
2、hen I play. Only kids with duck feet on can ever play this way.,BUT. My mother would not like them. She would say, “Get off my floor!“ She would say, “You take your duck feet and you take them out that door!“,“Dont ever come in here again with duck feet on. Now, DONT.“ SO. I guess I cant have duck f
3、eet. I would like to. But I wont.,So. If I cant have duct feet, Ill have something else instead.,Say! I know what! I wish I had two horns up on my head!,I wish I had two deer horns. They would be a lot of fun. Then I could wear ten hats up there! Big Bill can just wear one.,I think they would be ver
4、y good to have when I play ball. Then nobody could stop me. No,sir! Nobody at all!,My horns could carry books and stuff like paper, pens and strings and apples for my teacher and a lot of other things!,BUT. If I had big deer horns, I would never get a ride. I could never ride the school bus. I could
5、 never get inside!,AND SO I wont have deer horns. Ill have something else instead.I wish I had a whale spout. A whale spout on my head!,When days get hot it would be good to spout my spout in school.,And then Miss Banks Would say, “Thanks! Thanks! You keep our school so cool.”,I could play all day i
6、n summer. I would never feel the heat.,I would beat Big Bill at tennis. I would play him off his feet.,BUT My mother would not like it. I know just what she would say, “Not in the house! You shut that off! You take that spout away.”,I know that she would tell me, “I dont want that spout about!” And
7、when Mother does not want a thing, its O-U-T. Its out!,AND SO. I will not have one. I dont wish to be a whale.,I think it would be better if I had a long, long tail.,I wish I had a long, long tail. Some day I will. I hope. And then Ill show the kids in town new ways to jump a rope!,If I had a long,
8、long tail I know what I would like. I would like to ride down State Street pulling girls behind my bike.,I wish I had a long, long tail. And I can tell you why. I could hit a fly ten feet away and hit him in the eye.,I know Miss Banks would like this. She would smile and she would say, “No other boy
9、s in town can hit a fly so far away.”,BUT. If I had a long, long tail, I know that Big Bill Brown would tie me in a tree! He would! Then how would I get down?,I dont think that I would like it with my tail tied in a tree. The more I think about it. NO! No long, long tail for me.,AND SO. If I cant ha
10、ve a tail, Ill have a long, long nose! A nose just like an elephants, the longest nose that grows.,I wish I had a long, long nose and I can tell you why. I think it would be very good to get at things up high.,Every kid in town would love it. Every kid but Big Bill Brown. And every time I saw him I
11、would sneeze and blow him down.,Say! I could help the firemen! My nose would be just right. I could help them put out fires a hundred times a night.,Oh, I would do a lot of things that no one ever did. And everyone in town would say, “Just watch that long-nose kid!“,BUT. If I had a long, long nose,
12、I know what Dad would do. My dad would make me wash the car! The house and windows, too!,My dad would make me work all day and wash things with that nose! I guess it would not be so good to have a long, long nose.,NOW. Let me think about it.All these things I want are bad. And so I wish. I wish. I w
13、ish. What DO I wish I had? .,I know what! I know just what! I know just what to do! I WISH THAT I HAD ALL THOSE THINGS! Id be a Which-What-Who!,If I could be a Which-What-Who, Id jump high in the air. Id splash and spout and run about. Id give the town a scare!,BUT. The people would not like it. The
14、y would be so scared, I bet, they would call the town policemen. They would catch me in a net!,They would put me in the zoo house with my horns and nose and feet. And hay, just hay, two times a day is all Id get to eat.,I think I would be very sad when people came to call. SO. I dont think a Which-What-Who would be much fun at all.,AND SO. I think there are some things I do not wish to be.And that is why I think that I just wish to be like ME.,
