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The alarm went off at eight o’clock. James opened his eyes 

and quickly remembered it was Monday morning. He was 

not ready for another whole week of school.

Struggling to pull the covers off of him and swinging his 

legs off the side of the bed, James remembered something 

so fantastic! It was his birthday on Friday!

This idea made him jump up and run 

downstairs to share his excitement with his 

mother. As James got to the bottom of the 

steps, he saw a little box, wrapped in blue 

wrapping paper with a silver ribbon.

James turned towards the kitchen and saw his 

mother pouring a glass of milk. “Is that 

present for me?” he asked his mom. “Yes 

honey, but you cannot open it until Friday,” 

she replied. 

“Friday?!” he yelped. That seemed like a year 

away. 

The alarm woke James the next day, but he 

welcomed Tuesday with a smile. “One day 

closer to Friday,” he thought. While running 

downstairs, he grabbed the banister to catch 

his fall when he saw what was at the bottom of 

the steps. The wrapping paper was the same, 

all blue with the silver ribbon, but the box had 

gotten bigger!

James ran to find his mom and asked her 

about the present. His mother replied, “I have 

no idea what you’re talking about.” James 

thought it must have just been his eyes 

imagining things. He ate his breakfast, got 

dressed, and left for school. He knew deep 

down inside that box grew over night.

The same alarm woke James Wednesday 

morning. “Only a couple of more days,” he said 

to himself. James ran downstairs with the 

same pajamas, wearing a bigger smile than 

the day before. “No way!” he shouted. There is 

no way that box could have gotten any bigger! 

Mom walked past and shrugged and seemed 

like she had no idea what James was talking 

about. He had no choice but to eat breakfast, 

get dressed, and be on his way to school.

The sun was shining bright that Thursday 

morning. One more day! This week flew by 

very fast and James was convinced his eyes 

were playing tricks on him. Instead of running 

down the stairs, he tip-toed to the top step, 

and before he could take a step down, James 

saw a huge box with the same wrapping 

paper, waiting patiently for him to approach it.

James finally made his way down the steps, 

inspecting every corner and surface of the box. 

He was speechless. The only thing he thought 

to do was scream the word mom, and the only 

thing she could do was shrug. She would not 

explain the madness, but rushed me to get 

ready for school.

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