Humpty Dumpty

A long time ago, in a small town England, there was a little boy named Humpty. From the time he was little, he was a problem child. He ran around picking on others, lying, and making messes. However, but Humpty was much more than your everyday brat.

 He had a very old grandmother on his father’s side. People in the village always said there was something just a bit off about the old woman, but no one could quite say what exactly it was.

 Humpty grew into a rebellious teenager, always getting into trouble. As punishment for one of his latest screw ups, Humpty had to go over to his grandmother’s house to do chores for her. Humpty arrived at her home late because he was off with his friends, getting into trouble, as usual. His grandmother was very, very angry when he finally showed up. She hollered, “HUMPTY DUMPTY! You need to learn some responsibility! Well, maybe this will teach you how to take care of yourself!” With that, she cast a horrible spell upon Humpty. It turned him into a giant, fragile egg.  “What on earth?” Humpty shouted. “What have you done to me you crazy old bat?” He demanded. “Now you will learn that you need to be careful and responsible. You can’t be off doing crazy things that will hurt you. As soon as I am sure you have learned your lesson, I will turn you back into a human.” said his Grandmother. Humpty was so outraged, that he stormed out of his grandmother’s house and into the night.

Humpty decided he would go back to his home and see if his parents could help him. The moment his parents saw him, they smiled. “I see you went to grandma’s house.” said his mom with a laugh. Humpty begged for his parents to change him back, but all they could say was, “We can’t do anything about it. You’ll just have to wait until your grandma fixes it.” Humpty was so frustrated. He slumped off to town.

Humpty wondered around the village, sad and desperate. He tripped once or twice, which caused his egg shell to crack. Humpty was awful scared. He had to keep himself save from any harm, but Humpty wasn’t the smartest fellow and decided he needed to go somewhere high up where nothing could get to him. So Humpty looked for a tall tree or some sort of wall. He found the largest brick wall he had ever seen on the outskirts of his small town. Humpty got a latter and climbed all the way up to the top. Then he kicked the latter down so nobody could come up after him. He sat up there on top of wall for several hours, and got extremely bored. Soon, a people noticed a giant egg boy sitting up on the highest wall and a crowd started to form. Humpty’s family, including his grandma, showed up. “Humpty!” his grandma called. “How will you ever get down from there without breaking into a million pieces?” she yelled, fear covering her voice. Humpty finally realized how stupid he had been. He became very afraid, and started swaying on top of the wall. He slowly tried to maneuver himself to the ladder the king and his men had set up for him, but instead, slipped and plumpeted down. He shattered into a million pieces. His family began to weep. Then his grandmother saved the day. She cast another spell and turned him back into his normal self.

"I learned my lesson, grandma. Thank you for teaching me how to take responsibility for myself." The family hugged and the town rejoiced.