Picture Book First Draft
Peter is a small boy at the age of seven years old.
His best friend, Ryan, is the opposite. Ryan is very tall.
They are the bestest of friends.
One day at school, Ryan was asked to take down some books from the shelf for the class.
Everyone thought he could do it because of his height.
But Ryan couldn’t reach it.
So he took a chair and stood on it.
He reach over to get the books, but someone pushed the chair. It fell, and Ryan fell with it.
The whole class laughed.
Ryan was mad. Peter was mad. The whole class laughed.
“What are you gonna do Ryan?” The bully said.
Ryan looked down at the floor.
Peter couldn’t just watch this, he had to do something.
Peter walked up to the bully.
“He might do anything, but I will.”
The bully laughed. “Ok shorty, do something.”
“Leave him alone.” Peter said.
The bully stared at him. Slowly, he backed away.
After school, Peter noticed Ryan was still feeling sad.
“Come on Ry, lets go get some ice-cream.” He said, hoping to cheer his friend up.
Peter knew just the place to get some.
“You can go in, I don’t feel like having any.” Ryan said.
“Come with me. It’ll cheer you up!” Peter said.
Ryan nodded his head no.
So Peter went in alone.
He walked up to the counter and said, “May I please have some vanilla ice cream?”
The woman didn’t hear him.
Once again Peter said, “May I please have some vanilla ice cream?”
But again, the woman did not seem to hear him.
Peter walked out of the store with no ice cream.
“What happened? Where’s your ice cream?” Ryan asked.
“The lady in the store didn’t hear me, because I was too short, so I left.”
“Well then I’ll order it.” Ryan said.
And this time, they went into the ice cream shop together.
