Page 4 - Jeremiah Lollipop
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Chapter One
Puffed Wheat
Jeremiah woke up one morning and noticed he had changed into a
lollipop. He was a bit surprised, because the day before, he had been an
eight-year-old boy, with the usual number of arms and legs and a mop of
ginger hair.
He lifted the covers and looked at his body, which was now a long,
white pole, made of tightly wrapped paper. There were feet at the end,
with ten little toes.
“This will make things a bit awkward!” he thought as he tried to get
out of bed. He managed to slip the feet end of the pole over the side and
fell to the floor.
“Oof!”
He lay on his back, staring at the ceiling, and then he started to laugh.
“That could be my name from now on! Jeremiah Lollipop!”
He jumped up and ran around the room.
“I’m a lollipop!” he shouted.
His mother opened the door and looked in with an amused frown.
“Stop messing about,” she said, “Get ready for school!”
“I’m a lollipop, Mum!”
