

Tom and Lily were very happy. They were going on a holiday with Mum and Dad. They packed their bags and got in the car. They drove for a long time and saw many things. They saw cows and sheep and trees and flowers.
They arrived at a big house near the sea. It was their holiday home. They ran inside and chose their rooms. Tom picked a room with a big bed and a window. Lily picked a room with a small bed and a shelf. On the shelf, there was a toy. It was a orange dinosaur. Lily liked dinosaurs. She took the toy and hugged it.
"Look, Tom, I found a dinosaur!" Lily said.
"Wow, that's cool!" Tom said. "Can I see it?"
Lily gave the toy to Tom. He looked at it and pressed a button. The toy made a loud roar. Tom and Lily laughed. But then, something strange happened. The toy started to shrink. It became smaller and smaller until it was the size of a coin.
"Tom, what did you do?" Lily cried.
"I don't know!" Tom said. "I just pressed the button!"
They tried to press the button again, but nothing happened. The toy was too small. They could barely see it.
"Mum, Dad, help!" Tom and Lily shouted.
Mum and Dad came to their room. They saw the tiny toy on the floor.
"What happened?" Mum asked.
"The dinosaur shrank!" Lily said.
"How did that happen?" Dad asked.
"Tom pressed the button!" Lily said.
"I'm sorry, Lily," Tom said. "I didn't mean to."
Mum and Dad looked at the toy. They saw a label on it. It said: "Shrink-o-saur. The toy that shrinks when you press the button. Fun for all ages. Batteries not included."
"Oh, dear," Mum said. "This is a very silly toy. Who would make such a thing?"
"I don't know," Dad said. "But maybe we can find a way to make it big again."
They took the toy and went to the kitchen. They looked for something that could make it grow. They tried water, milk, bread, honey, and salt. But nothing worked. The toy stayed small.
"Maybe we should just leave it alone," Mum said. "Maybe it will grow back by itself."
"Or maybe we can buy a new one," Dad said. "A bigger one. A better one."
Tom and Lily felt sad. They liked the orange dinosaur. They didn't want a new one. They wanted the old one.
"Can we keep it?" Lily asked.
"Of course, you can," Mum said. "But you have to be very careful. It's very small. You might lose it."
Tom and Lily nodded. They put the toy in a box. They made a bed for it with cotton and paper. They gave it a name. They called it Tiny.
They hoped that Tiny would grow back. But they also loved it as it was. They played with it every day. They took it to the beach, to the park, to the shops. They showed it to their friends. They told them the story of how it shrank.
They had a lot of fun with Tiny. They had a good holiday. They never forgot the orange dinosaur.
