Once upon a time there was an old zoo in northern Africa. A pair of giraffes lived there along with a lot of other wild animals. The Mother Giraffe was due to have a baby at any time. At two o' clock all the animals gathered around Mother Giraffe. When the baby came out there was a big gasp from the animals. The baby had a tiny neck. The animals started to laugh at the baby giraffe. Mother Giraffe was very upset and cross. She yelled at the animals, as she didn't want anyone to upset her baby. All the animals returned to their cages. "Never mind those animals, I will always love you", his mother promised. She lifted her head up and grabbed some leaves for her son. As he was eating the leaves she decided to call him Harry. Over the next few days Mother Giraffe watched over her son. She saw him walking, but he was having a lot of trouble with his neck. His neck was too short to reach the trees to get leaves and it was too short to reach the pond to get a drink.
He couldn't play with the other giraffes because they were constantantly teasing him. Mother Giraffe thought they should go and see a vet. They arranged an appointment with the zookeeper. The next day the zookeeper and vet arrived at the cage. The vet looked at Harry, he was shocked at the size of his neck.The vet thought for a moment. "I think I have something for his neck", he exclaimed. He went back towards his jeep. He took out a box with a special cast in it for Harry's neck. He placed it on Harry, he looked ridiculous. The vet said he would have to wear it for two whole weeks. For the next two weeks Harry had to ignore the animals laughing and jeering at him. Two weeks had passed and the vet returned to take the cast off. When he took it off he saw that the neck had not grown. Harry was very upset. The vet tried to calm him by saying "I think I have some medicine we could try". The vet took out a bottle of medicine from his bag. Harry thought it looked disgusting it was a horrible green colour. "Harry will you take this three times a day for a week", the vet said. For a week Harry took spoonfuls of the discusting medicine hoping his neck would grow. A week later and the medicine had done nothing for his neck. This time Harry was very upset, he thought his neck would never grow. He went straight off to bed and went to sleep. He began to have a strange dream about a fairy. The fairy was very pretty with a tiara on her head and she wore a sparkling pink dress. She introduced herself to Harry and said her name was Sarah. "I am here to help you Harry", she said. Harry could not believe he was seeing a fairy. "I am from Fairyland", said the fairy "I am here to help you with your problem, just make a wish". Harry wished as hard as he could. Suddenly a big cloud of smoke appeared in front of him and with that the fairy was gone. When Harry woke in the morning he felt a bit strange. His head was sticking out of the bed. He realised his neck had grown. "Yipee", shouted Harry as he ran to show his mother. She was delighted to see his neck had grown. Harry told his Mom about his wonderful dream. He hoped he would see the fairy again to thank her. All the animals cheered and held a party for Harry and his new long neck.
