Hungry and Hungary
By Niharika
Muffin Publicators



I dedicate this story to Muffin my dog for being a lovely friend


Once in a land called ,'Squiggle Doggle' where the mountains were green, clouds were yellow,rivers were pink and the grass was blue, a monster was born.....In Squiggle Doggle the monsters' nature was what you name them. The monster was named....Hungry.Now whenever you saw him you started to feel hungry. Once you had finished eating and Hungry had paid your bill (because you would most probably make him),the minute you would look at him to thank him you would feel hungry again...and again. You would start to order again but this time you wouldn't thank the monster. So he begins to feel sad.He calls his friend Manners and Manners made you thank him again.(Then you start eating again and you say that you will pay the bill this time).Still, there were some smart people or some people who had the experience, they would greet him and pay the bill themselves. Or some even smarter people who wouldn't look at him in the first place.

So this story starts when Hungry wants to change his name.(You must be wondering why such an odd name.....because when he was born his mother was feeling hungry.His dad started calling Hungry. (In Squiggle Doggle,you can only change your name once in thirteen years). He was very excited because he was going to be thirteen tomorrow. Hw wanted to change his name because he was tired of feeling hungry. He thought of some names and listed them down. Here is the list:
Ship
Funny
Friendly
Kind

His mother 'Beauty' told him 'Ship' would be nice as at last he could go out more than sit in all day. 'Funny' would be a bit too much as people in Squiggle Doggle die of laughter (literally). 'Friendly' was cute but if he was friendly to enemies it wouldn't be pretty and if he was 'kind' to strangers......So in the end 'Ship' came out. He told everyone his name was 'Ship'.

Whoever he would look at would have the ability to make a ship in two minutes. As soon as Ship got used to his new name, he and Manners went out on ship they made. AT the beginning,steering it was easy but slowly the tide got rougher. Suddenly, the ship overturned. Manners screamed he couldn't swim, but Ship could, so he swam for all he was worth. Suddenly, he felt something beside him,it was Manners. He pulled him ashore and tried to find help,but he could not see a single soul around. Suddenly, he realized he had discovered a new land! He rushed back to Manners.By that time Manners had recovered and he blurted out the news to Manners and they started jumping up and down. "What do you think we should name it?",asked Ship?
"I think we should name it Hungary in honor of old name."said, Manners."Good idea", said Ship.

And that was the story of Hungry the monster and Hungary the new land.

The End

About The Author
The author's name is Niharika. She studies in IV B of the Shri Ram School Aravali. She is 10 years old and her birthday is on 13th February. She has good imagination and writes good adventure stories. She is alert and intelligent, She enjoys reading. She loves dogs and has a Golden Retriever named Muffin.