One day Chimp was at home playing games with his baby sister. His Mam came home carrying a lot of multicoloured bags. Chimp got all excited when his mother handed him a big bag. He eagerly looked inside, put his hand in and pulled out a big, purple coat!
When
Chimp put the coat on he realised that it was too long, he didn’t like the
colour, the collar was scratchy and it was definitely too tight.
Chimp’s sister thought it was a wonderful colour.
His father exclaimed that it was a good thing that the coat was so tight.
Chimp stomped into the kitchen where his mother proclaimed that the coat
was perfect and suited him.
At
that point there was an extremely loud knock at the door. Chimp opened the door to see his friends.
They asked him to go bowling. As
he was in a bad mood he didn’t want to go but he went anyway.
When they were walking along his friends complimented him on his coat.
Chimp complained that it was too tight, the collar was scratchy and he
didn’t like the colour.
When
he got to the bowling alley he couldn’t bowl properly because the sleeves were
too long, he was too hot and the coat was too tight. He threatened that he was going to take the terrible coat
off. His friends begged him not to
remove his coat because he was wearing nothing underneath and they thought he
would look ridiculous.
Chimp
went home. He was in a wicked mood.
He barged in the door, ran up the stairs, into his bedroom and slammed
the door. His mother came to the
stairs, shouted up at him to come down for his tea as his grandma was coming and
wanted to see the wonderful new coat.
His
grandma admired the coat and asked “Where did you get such and extraordinary
coat?” Chimp gained a very
valuable piece of information.
Bright
and early the next morning Chimp went to the shop where his mother had bought
his coat. He went straight to the
coat floor and asked the shop assistant to exchange his coat.
He couldn’t change his coat because he was wearing it.
Chimp threatened to take off the horrible coat.
The shop assistant went to get the manager.
A
kangaroo was standing near by. She
came over and said, “ I couldn’t help overhearing that you think you have
the wrong coat. I believe I have
the solution to your problem. Why
don’t we make a deal?”
The
kangaroo suggested that she would buy the coat that Chimp wanted, Chimp would
then give her the coat that he was wearing.
They would shake hands and go their separate ways.
Chimp thought that was the best sense he had heard in a very long time.
Chimp decided on the coat he wanted, Kangaroo bought it for him, they
swapped coats and went their different ways.
Chimp
was delighted. He went home to ask
his mother if she liked his new coat. His
mother thought he looked ridiculous. His
Dad said that he would definitely make enemies.
His sister thought the colour was horrible.
Chip didn’t care because he had the coat that he wanted.
He was ecstatic.