

Ben and Lily were playing in their room. They had many toys and books, but they wanted to try something new. They saw a big box in the closet. It was from Mom's new TV.
"Let's play with the box!" Ben said. "We can make a house or a car or a rocket!"
"OK!" Lily said. "But how do we get the box out? It is too big for the door."
Ben had an idea. He found Mom's scissors and cut the box into smaller pieces. He gave some to Lily and kept some for himself. They taped the pieces together and made their own shapes.
"Look, I made a car!" Ben said. He put wheels and a steering wheel on his shape. He got inside and pretended to drive.
"Beep beep!"
"Look, I made a rocket!" Lily said. She put wings and a cone on her shape. She got inside and pretended to fly.
"Zoom zoom!"
They had fun with their shapes. But then they heard Mom coming upstairs.
"Uh oh, we have to clean up!" Ben said. "Mom will be mad if she sees the mess."
They tried to put the pieces back in the box, but they did not fit. They had cut them too much.
"What do we do?" Lily said. "We can't hide them under the bed or in the drawers. They are too big."
Ben had another idea. He found Mom's hair dryer and plugged it in. He pointed it at the pieces and turned it on.
"Maybe this will shrink them!" he said.
But it did not work. The pieces did not shrink. They only got hot and smelly.
"Stop, stop!" Lily said. "You are making it worse!"
They turned off the hair dryer and looked at the pieces. They were brown and wrinkled and sticky.
They heard Mom knock on the door.
"Ben, Lily, what are you doing in there?" Mom said.
They did not know what to say. They looked at each other and hoped Mom would not be too mad.
