Little Tim’s Big Problem

There once was a boy named Tim. Tim lived in a big city where everything was big and tall. The tree's were big, the building were big, the people were big, and even the animals were big. Because of this, the city was called, Bigsvile. Tim was having a big day. It was his seventh birthday; all his friends were coming to his party.

Tim always love his birthdays. He knew that with each birthday, he had one birthday wish, and each year his wish came true. Every year, he wished for a toy, and every time, he got exactly what he wanted. But this year, he didn’t want a toy, he wanted to become big and tall. Tim just knew that as soon as he made his wish and blew out the candle on his birthday cake, he would grow big and tall just like his friends. So Tim waited patiently for his birthday cake, but lost it, as it seemed the day was going slower and slower. But it finally came, and Tim set in front of his birthday cake, smiling from ear to ear. Everyone Tim knew surrounded him and his birthday cake, waiting for him to blow out the candles. Tim took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and with a wish and a swish, the lit candles were blown out. Tim opened his eyes, and looked down at him self and notice immediately that nothing happened. Tim hadn't even grown an inch. He was devastated. Tim went to bed that night sad.

            Tim awoke the next morning to find that he still hadn't grown even an inch. He decided to wait and see if he would grow. He went out to play with his friends but found he was too small to play soccer, the ball was too big. He tried to swing, but the swings were too big. Tim wanted to play with his friends but was too small, because of this, he wanted to grow big and tall even more.

A few months went by and Tim still hadn’t grown even a little. Tim had begun to just walk around all alone. He made his way down the river where there were pebbles everywhere. Tim picked one of the pebbles up, and wished upon it. He wished that he would grow big and tall and then, he threw the pebble into the water.

The moment the pebble hit the water with a splash; Tim grew from being short, too tall. His arms, legs, and body grew several feet. Tim was very happy as he jumped up and down full of joy. He ran home as quickly as he could to show his parents how much he had grown. His parents smiled at him when he arrived at the front steps, praising him for his recent growth. Tim walked into the house and helped his mother put away groceries. As Tim was helping, he quickly found out that he was too short to reach the top cabinets. He wanted to grow, and he then thought of the pebble.

            Tim suddenly grew, he grew and grew in tell he was tall enough to reach the cabinet with ease. His mother was surprised but happy for him as she handed him more groceries. After Tim finished, he watched T.V in the family room. He saw a giant that he wanted to be taller then, and once again, he thought of the pebble, and grew and grew in tell he was taller than the giant on the T.V. Tim grew so big, that his parents told him to play outside because he was no longer able to fit in the family room.  Tim wasn't upset, so he quickly ran to were his friend were and tried to play ball with them. But his friends wouldn't let him because he was too big. This made Tim upset, so he walked into the city.

            Tim saw an old lady crying for her cat that was stuck in a tree, so he grabbed the cat and gave it to the old lady. The lady thanked him over and over again and walked away with her cat in her arms. Tim liked being thanked for helping people; he thought that if he was even bigger, that he could help even more. So when Tim saw a billboard, he once again thought of the pebble, and he grew and grew, in tell he was as tall as the billboard. Tim was taller than most buildings in the Bigsvile. But because Tim was so big, he accidently broke a lot of things in Bigsvile. He broke benches, trees, sidewalks and even cars. The citizens of Bigsvile grew angry and they all got together and rioted Tim out of town.

            Tim was lonely as he sat on the outskirts of town watching the citizens live happily without him. His parents came to visit him, with food in their hands. They handed him the food, but Tim found that he was too big for the food to fill him. His parents cried as they left him alone. He was angry that he was so big, he just wanted to help.

Not long after Tim was ran out of town that he saw a fire in a building. The heat was so great that he could feel it from where he was sitting. Tim rushed back into town and saw that someone was still in the building. He rushed into the building, breaking a huge hole in the side. Tim’s body had begun to shrink as he ran further into the building. Tim knew he better hurry or he might burn in the building to. Tim saw one of his neighbors in the building screaming. Tim picked her up and ran out of the building as fast as he could. By the time he came out of the building, he was no longer big. The pebbles magic wore off of Tim and he was his normal size.

He had carried his neighbors on his back even though he was small. Tim was soon surrounded by the citizens, who thanked him. They picked Tim up and walked to his home, where they cheered Tim, all the way there.