Little Miss Bossy (story)

On Monday Little Miss Bossy went for a walk.

She met Mr. Nosey.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"Mind your own business," she retorted.

On Tuesday she met Mr. Noisy.

He was singing.

Noisily, of course,

"Be quiet!" she told him.

On Wednesday she met Mr. Happy.

He was smiling.

As usual.

"Take that silly smile off your face!" she said.

As you can imagine, Little Miss Bossy wasn't very popular.

To say the least.

Now, little did Little Miss Bossy realize, but somebody had seen her bossing Mr. Nosey around.

And that same somebody had seen her bossing Mr. Noisy around.

And that self-same somebody had seen her bossing Mr. Happy around.

The wizard (whose name incidentally was Wilfred) went home, thinking.

"Something really ought to be done about Little Miss Bossy," he thought to himself as he walked along.

When he arrived home, he went straight to his library and took down a large red book from a bookshelf.

It was rather dusty, as it hadn't been read for quite some time.

'Let's see now," he said to himself as he settled into an armchair.

He turned to page three hundred and four.

At the top of the page, it said:

**HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BEING BOSSY**

Wilfred the Wizard read the page very carefully, shut the book, put it back on the bookshelf, and grinned.

A particularly wizardy sort of a grin.

The day after, which was Thursday, Little Miss Bossy met somebody who was fast asleep.

As usual.

Mr. Lazy.

"Wake up!" she said bossily, and prodded him in the tummy.

"Ouch!" protested Mr. Lazy.

But.

Behind Little Miss Bossy, Wilfred the Wizard, who had been following her, said something, too.

Under his breath.

A wizardy word he'd learned from page three hundred and four.

And, do you know what happened?

Suddenly, as if by magic, which is true, there appeared on Little Miss Bossy's feet a pair of boots.

One minute they weren't there.

The next minute they were.

Little Miss Bossy looked down in alarm.

They were magic boots and, being magic boots, they could speak to each other.

"Hello, Left," said the right boot.

"Hello, Right," said the left boot.

"Ready when you are," said Right

"Right," said Left.

And off they went.

Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right.

Faster and faster.

Marching poor Little Miss Bossy along.

Little Miss Bossy couldn't do a thing about it.

Mr. Lazy was very amused.

'"Well done Wilfred," he chuckled.

Wilfred winked a wizardy wink.

Those boots marched Little Miss Bossy for five miles.

She was exhausted.

"Ready Left," said the right boot.

"Ready," replied Left.

said Right.

"... shun!" said Left.

And they came to a halt.

Little Miss Bossy was quite out of breath.

She tried to take off her boots.

But it was impossible,

Along came Wilfred.

"Those," said Wilfred, pointing to the boots, "are only for people who are too bossy!"

"Make them go away AT ONCE!" cried Little Miss Bossy, stamping her foot.

Well, at least she tried to stamp her foot, but the boot wouldn't.

"We're out of stamps," chuckled Right.

Left giggled.

"YOU ... WILL ... DO ... AS ... I ... SAY!!"

shouted Little Miss Bossy.

"Ready when you are," said Right.

"Right away," replied Left.

"March!"

And off they set again.

Left.

Right.

Left.

Right.

Left.

Right.

For ten miles.

And then they stopped again.

And along came Wilfred.

"MAKE THESE STUPID BOOTS GO AWAY," shouted Little Miss Bossy'

"Only if you say the magic word," replied Wilfred.

Little Miss Bossy thought.

And thought,

And thought again.

"Please," she said

"That's better," smiled Wilfred.

And he said the wizardy word again, under his breath, from page three hundred and four.

The boots disappeared, as if by magic!

"Now then," said Wilfred sternly, wagging his finger.

"Stop being bossy, or you know what will happen."

Little Miss Bossy nodded.

Miserably.

"Very well," smiled Wilfred.

And went.

And do you know something?

From then on, Little Miss Bossy was a changed person.

Not bossy at all.

And you know why, don't you?

You know what she's afraid of?

Bossyboots!