JOY AND THE MAGICAL DRESS

Once upon a time, there lived a boy named Joy. It was summers then, and Joy went to the beach with his father one idle friday evening. Joy collected a lot of sea shells from the beach. When he came back home, he painted them all in different colours, and made a beautiful design using them. His parents were very impressed with his art and creativity. Someone else was impressed too –
The Blue Fairy.
The Blue Fairy came in his dreams that night and said, “Joy, I am impressed with your creativity. So I give you this magical dress as a reward. When you wear this, you will become invisible. No one will be able to see you until you take it off. But remember, you can only wear it thrice. Enjoy.”
Joy was ecstatic when he show the transparent dress tucked neatly beneath his pillow. “Let me have some fun with Sid”, he decided. So he wore the dress and went to Sid’s house. Surely that no one could see him, because everyone he met on the way ignored him. Then he tapped at Sid’s shoulders. Sid looked all around, but could see nobody. Then Joy started to play with his ball. Sid could see only the ball, bouncing and jumping all on its own. This scared Sid and he started running around, screaming. Joy could not stop his laughs at this hilarious scene. As he laughed loudly, Sid recognized his friend’s voice. “Oh! It’s you, Joy!” he exclaimed, angrily. “I guess you must have got some magical gift from the Blue Fairy. But instead of sharing it, you are scaring me. Well, I won’t be your friend anymore.”
Sid was mad at Joy for scaring him so much, and he went downstairs to play with other kids. Joy took off his dress, laughing still. It was a wonderful gift, and he was very happy to have it. “I’m not going to share it with Sid”, he thought, and ran downstairs to use it again.
Sid and the other boys were playing football. Joy wore the dress and became invisible. He went into the game and caught the ball. Then he threw it to the other side. Again and again he stopped, threw and moved the football. The boys were bewildered. Then during the game, a strong built boy banged against Joy. “I wonder what I hit!!” He thought, as he was not able to see anyone there. But Joy was actually hit rather badly. His head was bleeding. He sat down, crying for help. No one could see him though, and they all went back home wondering where the cries were coming from. Sid understood, and he was determined to help his friend, even though he couldn’t be seen. Sid found Joy out by following his sound, and he helped Joy to take the dress off. Then he called his mother for help. Joy was humbled.
“I’m sorry for being selfish” said Joy. “Even though I was so mean to you, you helped me. A friend in need is a friend indeed. You are really my good friend, Sid. You can use this magical dress now.” And he gave the magical dress to Sid.
Sid wore the dress, and had lots of fun. Invisibly, he played with Joy. He made an amusing puppet show with his toys. He ate fruits from the trees; he ate candies from the candy jar. He did a few mischievous things too, but he made sure no one was troubled or hurt. Then he got tired of being invisible- and took the dress off. The dress disappeared, but the two friends were happy to get their friendship back- stronger then ever.