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One hot August day at the Phoenix Zoo, 

Skippy found a fresh, yummy banana.

He looked around because he wanted to make

sure that none of the other monkeys saw the 

banana.   He wanted all of it for himself!  

As he sat down to eat his banana, he saw two eyes

staring at him.   They were not monkey eyes.   The 

eyes came from the face of a pineapple.

"Hi,"   said Ellen, the pineapple.   Her face looked sad 

as she looked from Skippy to the beautiful banana he 

held in his hand.

"Pineapples can't talk,"   stuttered Skippy.   I must be 

dreaming.

Skippy looked around for another banana or 

something he could give Ellen.   He could find nothing.

After thinking for a minute, Skippy asked Ellen if she 

wanted the banana.

Ellen was very hungry and, even though she didn't 

like to eat fruit, she said yes.

After Ellen shared the   banana with Skippy, they 

were both still hungry.   So they decided to keep 

looking around the zoo for more food.

At the beach at the edge of the monkey 

enclosure, Skippy found his favorite magical 

banana tree and climbed up to pick some more. 

while Ellen tried to keep his banana out of the 

sand.

When Skippy reached the top, however, he could 

see a tiny object shining at the other end of the 

beach. What could it be?

Skippy and Ellen walked towards the end of the beach to 

find the shiny object. 

When they finally reached the end of the beach, the two 

found a beautiful gold lantern that was decorated with 

jewels!

Boy, were they surprised.   They didn't know what to do!

They wondered where the lantern had come 

from. 

Did it belong to Esmeralda the Sea Queen? Could 

it have come from Shell Island or Pirates Cove? 

Maybe it was lost treasure? 

Whatever the case, Skippy and Ellen decided that 

it would be better to bring the bottle back with 

them.

But the moment Skippy touched the lantern it began 

to shake and spin. It spun faster and faster until 

suddenly there was a big BOOM and smoke was 

everywhere.

“I AM THE GENIE OF THIS LAMP” bellowed a 

voice. “WHAT ARE YOUR THREE WISHES?”

Three wishes? Three wishes? It was so 

wonderful. Here, Skippy and Ellen had only 

come to the beach to look for more bananas, 

but now?

Now they could have anything they wanted! 

Both Skippy and Ellen thought for a long time about the 

things they might want. And thought… and thought…

Until… they began to get hungry again. And all each 

could think of was…

Their favorite things!

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