The Most Magic Mighty Mite

The most magic mite was so magic that it could jump as high as a kite. In fact, so high that when it sprang, it could jump over the fence in one leap ... the most magic mite was so magic that when it landed on the rosebush, the petals shook and pollen dust fell to the floor. The most magic mite was so magic that when it jumped, it only narrowly missed the crows sat on the chimney pot ... and soon everything else was jumping, too. The grasshopper hopped higher than ever before, he jumped up high and landed on the floor. The most magic mite made everything else jump in the house too. The cat jumped from the rug to the settee, the knives, forks and spoons jangled and the cups and saucers jumped, too. The most magic mite made the clothes jump into the washing machine and then jump straight onto the washing line, then into the basket. In the supermarket, the most magic mite made all the cans that had fallen onto the floor, jump back onto the shelves neatly in a line. The apples and oranges on the vegetable rack jumped, too. The most magic mite made the newspaper jump into the newspaper rack ... and all the letters jump through the letterbox. The most magic mite made everything jump in the sky, as well. The sun jumped through the clouds, the moon jumped over Planet Earth ... and the stars jumped so much in the sky at night that they shone twice as bright. The most magic mite made everything jump in the park, too. The swings jumped, the slide jumped and the swans and ducks on the pond jumped, too. The most magic mite made the trees jump so much that they almost landed in the water with an enormous "SPLASH !". And when the frog leapt, the goldfish in the pond jumped, too. The most magic mite made the cars jump ... and the traffic lights jumped, too. So much, in fact, that they changed colour. © Jacqueline Richards 2005