Il testo della The monster's three wishes

Once there lived a little monster
In a kingdom far away.
And a very strange thing happened
As he brushed his teeth one day.

As he squeezed his tube of toothpaste,
Deepest thunder shook the skies.
And suddenly a genie stood
Before his very eyes.

"i'm the genie of the toothpaste,"
Said the genie with a laugh.
"i've been trapped inside that toothpaste tube
For 3 weeks and a half.
You squeezed the tube and set me free
So here is what i'll do -
I'll let you have 3 wishes
And i'll make them all come true."

"oh boy!" exclaimed the monster,
"wow! 3 wishes just for me!
Now let me think and then decide
What my first wish will be."

Now my favorite thing is cookies,
Thought the monster with a grin.
But first i'll wish for something nice
To keep my cookies in.
I would like a million cookies,
But before i use that wish ...

"hey, genie," said the monster,
"will you please bring me a dish?"

"will i ever!" said the genie,
"for your wish is my command."
And instantly a dish appeared
Right in the monster's hand.

"hey, i did it!" cried the genie.
"wow! i haven't lost my touch!"
"it's a nice dish," said the monster,
"but it won't hold very much."

The monster thought of all the cookies
That he'd soon get with his wish.
And he knew a million cookies
Couldn't fit on one small dish.

He would need something much bigger.
So the monster said, "hey, genie!
I would like a great big box ...
This plate is much too teeny!"

"you want a box? you've got it,"
Said the genie with a smirk.
And instantly a box appeared.
The monster cried, "nice work!"

But although the box was pretty big
And could hold lots of stuff -
Could it hold a million cookies ...?
It just wasn't big enough.

So the monster called the genie
And said, "boy, am i in luck!
Since you'll give me what i wish for ...
How about a great big truck?"

And right away a truck appeared
Before the monster's eyes.
"fantastic!" cried the monster.
"it is just the perfect size!"

"it will hold a million cookies,
And i'll never have to worry.
And that is what i wish for!
Give me cookies now! please hurry!"

"i am sorry," said the genie,
"for though cookies are delicious,
I cannot give them to you
'cause you've used up your 3 wishes." (love that rhyme!)

"oh, no!" exclaimed the monster.
"is it true? i just can't tell.
For although i'm good at eating things,
I do not count so well."

"let us count these things together,"
Said the genie, "and you'll see -
The dish is 1, the box is 2,
And then the truck makes 3."
"3 things! you're right," the monster said,
"now what am i to do?
I've used up my 3 wishes
And i'm very hungry, too!"

"gee, that's too bad," the genie said,
"but now my job's complete."
"i'm so hungry," said the monster,
"oh, i need something to eat!"

"i'm sad your wish for cookies
Can't come true," the genie said.
"that's okay," replied the monster ...
" ... i'll just eat the truck instead!"

And as the monster ate the truck,
The genie disappeared,
Saying, "i have seen a lot of things -
But boy ... is that guy weird!"