THE MAGICAL DRINK

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Joy. One day as he was colouring in his colouring book, his heard his little sister Ginni crying. “I can’t reach my crayons” she wailed. The crayons were kept in a shelf beyond her reach. Joy understood her problem. “Don’t worry, Ginni. I’ll get them for you. I’m taller than you”, he explained and got the crayons down for her. Ginni was very proud of her big, tall brother. Someone else was proud too--
The Blue Fairy!
The Fairy came in Joy’s dreams that night, and said, “Joy, you are a considerate boy. I’ll reward you with this magical drink. It will change your size according to your wish for five minutes. But remember, you can use it only thrice. Enjoy!”
When Joy found the magical drink under his pillow the next morning, he wanted to use it straight away. He longed to grow up just like his father. He ran out to the park, and took a sip from the bottle. Immediately the bottle shrank and became half the size. Joy noticed that even people had shrunk. It was then that he understood that it was actually he who had grown up to an adult size. Some children were playing ball in the distance. Excited about his size, Joy went to play with them. “I’ll kick the ball faster than them” he thought. But the kids ignored him, assuming him to be a grownup man. “Sorry uncle”, said one of them when the ball hit Joy by mistake. Joy realized, with sadness, that he can not play ball with his friends in his new size. He sat under a tree, waiting for the five minutes of his new size to pass. As he shrunk to his normal size, he was contend and happy. “Who wants to grow up?” Joy smiled.
When Joy told Sid about the drink, he wanted to try becoming really small. “Like an ant” he explained. As soon as Sid took a sip, he became as small as an ant. He could not see Joy any longer. All he could see were his shoes, as big as a table. “How dirty!” Sid noticed. His own room was very difficult to recognize, with bed looking like a fortress and pencils like rockets!! The toy car lying on the floor looked real, and tempting. Suddenly he felt something huge moving. It was Joy who was trying to look for his friend. As Joy sat down to look closely on the floor, Sid felt as if a mountain was crumbling. “Don’t crush me!!” he screamed and hid inside the bed. He quietly waited till five minutes passed by, and then came out of the bed. “Being small is scary!!” He declared. “There are so many dangers around!!”
“I’m sure being huge will be fun!!” thought Joy. So he went out and drank the last sip, and wished to be a giant!!
Joy started to increase in size. He became as high as a ten storey building!! His feet were bigger than most cars. People around started running and screaming in terror! Everybody hid inside their houses and called the police for help. As for Joy, he was scared to move even an inch- He might crush someone by mistake. He saw the police and army coming in from far. The fighter planes were called for. Obviously, they had come to battle and kill the Giant. He was in danger! There was nothing he could do to hide or run.
Luckily, the five minutes came to pass just before the fighter planes and helicopters came to the scene. Joy shrunk back to his own self. Nobody saw that happen, because everyone was hiding inside their houses. They thought that the Giant disappeared, which was okay with Joy. He was content with his own body, for now!!