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Mizzle's big
brother, Gruzzle, didn't want to babysit that day. He wanted to go and
play with his friend, Igor, but his mother said, “You have to watch your
baby sister while I go to the shops.”
Gruzzle pouted and
then crawled into the chair to watch Mizzle. No sooner had their mother
left when Mizzle started crying. She held her teddy bear and sobbed. Tears
rolled down her green skin. “I want Mommy! I want Momm
Gruzzle tried to
make her laugh. He told her jokes and made funny monster faces, but Mizzle
wouldn't stop crying.
He got on his
knees and crawled along the floor. “Look at me, Mizzle. I'm a dinosaur.”
Gruzzle roared and moved toward her.
Mizzle stopped
crying and giggled. “More, Gruzzle. More.” Her tears left and a smile
reached from one ear to the other. “Gruzzle is a dinosaur. Roar.”
Gruzzle roared and
crawled around the room on his knees. It didn't last long though. Soon
Mizzle started crying again. “I want Mommy! I want Mommy!”
“What can I do to
make her laugh?” Gruzzle looked around the room. He saw a pile of blocks
and built her a huge castle. It didn't stop her tears. He found a
jack-in-the-box and wound it up. When the face jumped out, Mizzle screamed
in fear. “No! Go away!”
No matter what
Gruzzle did, Mizzle kept crying. “I want Mommy! I want Mommy!”
An idea came to
him. “I'll be right back, Mizzle.” He ran into the garage and came back
with his tricycle. “Hop on the back and I'll take you for a ride.”
Mizzle stood on
the tricycle and Gruzzle rode it around the house. She laughed and even
left her teddy bear lying on her favorite red blanket. But as soon as
Gruzzle stopped peddling, she started crying again, so he had no choice
but to drive around until his mother came home.
The front door
opened. “Mommy!” Mizzle jumped off the tricycle and ran to give her mother
a hug.
Gruzzle was glad
to see her. Now he could stop pedaling around the house. He went to his
bedroom and shut the door and for the rest of the day he enjoyed the
quiet, with no little sister to bother him. |
