"Yes," continued her mom. "I bought
you jungle wallpaper. I'll put it right up so you can get to bed with
your new wallpaper."
Emma's mom had it done in no time and yelled out to Emma,"Bedtime!
Or should I say Jungle Time!"
"Oh no!" grumbled Emma.
Her mom smiled,"Look at all the wild animals around you now. You'll
love it! There's Rhinoceroses, monkeys, kangaroos and even elephants!"
Emma put on her PJ's and went to bed with a funny feeling.Without sheep
on the wall she'd have to try counting a new animal. A jungle animal.
Nevertheless, looking on the wall, she chose rhinoceroses and began counting:
"One rhinoceros."
"RRRRRoar" a giant rhino rumbled through the room.
"Two rhinoceroses."
"RRRRRoar" . . ."RRRRRoar."
Two rhinos rangled the room.
"Three rhinoceroses."
"RRRRRoar" . . ."RRRRRoar." . . ."RRRRRoar."
Emma dived under her covers and hugged her pillow.
Finally everything went quiet. In the silence she heard a whimper.
Something waddled across the room and sat in a corner.
Peaking through a hole in one of her covers, Emma saw a little bear with
tears in his eyes.
The bear whimpered, "No one ever waits for me. They always run ahead
and leave me. No one waits for me . They're not my friend."
Emma perked up and smiled ,"I'll be your friend!"
Bear hobbled over to the bed and snuggled up to Emma. He had never had such
wonderful hugs. But bear and Emma couldn't sleep. So they looked on the
wall, took a deep gulp and tried counted animals on the jungle wallpaper
again.
