This is not My Hat

This is not my hat              Jon Klassen

This hat is not mine. 

I just stole it. 

I stole it from a big fish. 

He was asleep when I did it. 

And he probably won’t wake up for a long time. 

And even if he does wake up, 

he probably won’t notice that it’s gone. 

And even if he does notice it’s gone, 

he probably won’t know it was me who took it.

But I will tell you where I am going.

I am going where the plants grow big and tall and close together. 

It is very hard to see in there.

Nobody will ever find me.

There is someone who saw me already.

But he said he wound’t tell anyone which way I went.

So I’m not worried about that. 

I know it’s wrong to steal a hat.

I know it does not belong to me.

But I am going to keep it.

It was too small for him anyway.

It fits me just right.

And look! I made it!

Where the plants are big and tall and close together!

I knew I was going to make it.

Nobody will ever find me…

- The End -