Letra The Monster's Three Wishes - Cookie Monster, Herbert Birdsfoot, Oscar the Grouch

The Monster's Three Wishes

Once there lived a little monster
In a kingdom far away.
And a very strange thing happened
As he brushed his teeth one day.
As he squeezed his tube of toothpaste,
Deepest thunder shook the skies.
And suddenly a genie stood
Before his very eyes.
«I'm the genie of the toothpaste,»
Said the genie with a laugh.
«I've been trapped inside that toothpaste tube
For 3 weeks and a half.
You squeezed the tube and set me free
So here is what I’ll do —
I’ll let you have 3 wishes
And I’ll make them all come true.»
«Oh boy!"exclaimed the monster,
«Wow! 3 wishes just for me!
Now let me think and then decide
What my first wish will be.»
Now my favorite thing is cookies,
Thought the monster with a grin.
But first I’ll wish for something nice
To keep my cookies in.
I would like a million cookies,
But before I use that wish …
«Hey, Genie,"said the monster,
«Will you please bring me a dish?»
«Will I ever!"said the genie,
«For your wish is my command.»
And instantly a dish appeared
Right in the monster’s hand.
«Hey, I did it!"cried the genie.
«Wow! I haven’t lost my touch!»
«It's a nice dish,"said the monster,
«But it won’t hold very much.»
The monster thought of all the cookies
That he’d soon get with his wish.
And he knew a million cookies
Couldn’t fit on one small dish.
He would need something much bigger.
So the monster said, «Hey, Genie!
I would like a great big box …
This plate is much too teeny!»
«You want a box? You’ve got it,»
Said the genie with a smirk.
And instantly a box appeared.
The monster cried, «Nice work!»
But although the box was pretty big
And could hold lots of stuff —
Could it hold a million cookies ???
It just wasn’t big enough.
So the monster called the genie
And said, «Boy, am I in luck!
Since you’ll give me what I wish for …
How about a great big truck?»
And right away a truck appeared
Before the monster’s eyes.
«Fantastic!"cried the monster.
«It is just the perfect size!»
«It will hold a million cookies,
And I’ll never have to worry.
And that is what I wish for!
Give me cookies now! Please hurry!»
«I am sorry,"said the genie,
«For though cookies are delicious,
I cannot give them to you
'Cause you’ve used up your 3 wishes."(love that rhyme!)
«Oh, no!"exclaimed the monster.
«is it true? I just can’t tell.
For although I’m good at eating things,
I do not count so well.»
«Let us count these things together,»
Said the genie, «and you’ll see —
The dish is 1, the box is 2,
And then the truck makes 3.»
«3 things! You’re right,"the monster said,
«Now what am I to do?
I’ve used up my 3 wishes
And I’m very hungry, too!»
«Gee, that’s too bad,"the genie said,
«But now my job’s complete.»
«I'm so hungry,"said the monster,
«Oh, I need something to eat!»
«I'm sad your wish for cookies
Can’t come true,"the genie said.
«That's okay,"replied the monster …
«…I’ll just eat the truck instead!»
And as the monster ate the truck,
The genie disappeared,
Saying, «I have seen a lot of things —
But boy … is that guy weird!»