Robin and his mother were going on the train. They were going to visit Robin's nanny, who lived in a town far away. They had their tickets all ready and their suitcases all packed and they were waiting at the train station. It was almost time to go....
It was very busy at the train station. Everybody was going somewhere and people were very excited. Some people had little suitcases and some people had big ones - so big they could hardly carry them! Robin sat quietly on his bench beside his mother and watched everything. It was his very first train trip.
Robin's father had given him a dollar to spend on the trip. "Now be a good boy," his father had said, "and I will see you in three days." Robin's Dad could not go on the train this time. He had to stay home and work.
Robin asked his mother if he could spend his dollar at the train station canteen. There was everything you could imagine to buy there. There were packages of candy, bags of potato chips and chocolate bars of every kind!
"Now what would you like?" Robin's mother asked him. Robin looked at the chocolate bars, some were bigger than others. And some of the bags of candy were even bigger than the chocolate bars. And the pop corn and the chewing gum!
"Hurry up, Robin," his mother said. "It is almost time to go."
But Robin couldn't hurry up. For every time he decided on one thing, he saw something else even bigger, even better. "I must get something even bigger, even better," he thought.
"Robin," his mother said, "we must go!"
The train was blowing its whistle. But Robin just kept on looking. There were so many things that he could buy.
"Hurry, Lady," the stationmaster called, "your train is leaving..."
"Oh my goodness!" Robin's mother said, and she hurried out of the station, with Robin and the suitcases, as fast as she could go.
Now the very next thing Robin knew, he was sitting on the train, with no chocolate bar, no candy, and no chips.
"Mommy," Robin said, starting to cry, "I have nothing to eat on the train."
"Well, my dear," Robin's mother explained, as she dried his tears. "You wanted something even bigger, even better and now you have nothing at all. Maybe next time you will learn to make up your mind and not be so choosy - before you end up with nothing."
"I will, mommy," Robin said.
"And the next time, my goodness, he did just that!"
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It was very busy at the train station. Everybody was going somewhere and people were very excited. Some people had little suitcases and some people had big ones - so big they could hardly carry them! Robin sat quietly on his bench beside his mother and watched everything. It was his very first train trip.
Robin's father had given him a dollar to spend on the trip. "Now be a good boy," his father had said, "and I will see you in three days." Robin's Dad could not go on the train this time. He had to stay home and work.
Robin asked his mother if he could spend his dollar at the train station canteen. There was everything you could imagine to buy there. There were packages of candy, bags of potato chips and chocolate bars of every kind!
"Now what would you like?" Robin's mother asked him. Robin looked at the chocolate bars, some were bigger than others. And some of the bags of candy were even bigger than the chocolate bars. And the pop corn and the chewing gum!
"Hurry up, Robin," his mother said. "It is almost time to go."
But Robin couldn't hurry up. For every time he decided on one thing, he saw something else even bigger, even better. "I must get something even bigger, even better," he thought.
"Robin," his mother said, "we must go!"
The train was blowing its whistle. But Robin just kept on looking. There were so many things that he could buy.
"Hurry, Lady," the stationmaster called, "your train is leaving..."
"Oh my goodness!" Robin's mother said, and she hurried out of the station, with Robin and the suitcases, as fast as she could go.
Now the very next thing Robin knew, he was sitting on the train, with no chocolate bar, no candy, and no chips.
"Mommy," Robin said, starting to cry, "I have nothing to eat on the train."
"Well, my dear," Robin's mother explained, as she dried his tears. "You wanted something even bigger, even better and now you have nothing at all. Maybe next time you will learn to make up your mind and not be so choosy - before you end up with nothing."
"I will, mommy," Robin said.
"And the next time, my goodness, he did just that!"
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The end boys and girls, Good Night - Sleep Tight.
And bookmark us at: http://www.merry-go-round.ca
And email us to other parents.... Thank you.
