A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon Read Aloud

[Music] a bad case of stripes by David sham Camilla cream loved lima beans but she never ate them all of her friends hated lima beans and she wanted to fit in Camila was always worried about what other people thought of her today she was fretting even more than usual it was the first day of school and she couldn't decide what to wear there were so many people to impress she tried on 42 outfits but none seemed quite right she put on a pretty red dress and looked in the mirror then she screamed her mother ran into the room and she screamed - Oh My heavens she cried you're completely covered with stripes this was certainly true Camila was striped from head-to-toe she looked like a rainbow mrs. cream felt Camilla's forehead do you feel alright she asked I feel fine Camila answered but just look at me you get back in bed this instant her mother our judge you're not going to school today Camila was relieved she didn't want to miss the first day of school but she was afraid of what the other kids would say and she had no idea what to wear with those crazy stripes that afternoon dr. bumble came to examine Camila most extraordinary he exclaimed I've never seen anything like it are you having any coughing sneezing runny nose aches pains chills hot flashes dizziness drowsiness shortness of breath or uncontrollable twitching no Camila told him I feel fine well then dr. bramble said turning to mrs. cream I don't see any reason why she shouldn't go to school tomorrow here's some ointment that should help clear up those stripes in a few days if it doesn't you know where to reach me and off he went the next day was a disaster everyone at school laughed at Camila they called her Camila crayon and night of the living lollipop she tried her best to act as if everything were normal but when the class said the Pledge of Allegiance her stripes turned red white and blue and she broke out in stars the other kids thought this was great one yelled out let's see some purple polka dots sure enough Camila turned all purple polka dotty someone else said a checkerboard and the pattern of squares covered her skin soon everyone was calling it different shapes and colors and poor Camila was changing faster than you can change channels on the TV that night mr. harms the school principal called I'm sorry mrs. cream he said I'm going to have to ask you to keep Camila home from school she's just too much of a distraction and I've been getting calls from the other parents they're afraid those stripes may be contagious Camila was so embarrassed she couldn't believe that two days ago everyone liked her now nobody wanted to be in the same room with her father tried to make her feel better is there anything I can get for you sweetheart Yes No thank you side Camila but she really wanted was a nice plate of lima beans but she had been laughed at enough for one day hmm well yes I see dr. bumble mumbles when mr. Creem phoned the next day I think I'd better bring in the specialists we'll be right over but an hour later dr. bumble arrived with four people in long white coats he introduced them to the creams this is dr. Graf dr. sponge dr. Crickett and dr. Jung then the specialist went to work on Camilla they squeezed and jabbed tapped and tested was very uncomfortable well he's not the mums concluded dr. grub or the measles - dr. sponge definitely not chickenpox put in dr. cricket or sunburn - dr. young try the east of the specialist the each handed her a bottle filled with different colored pills take one of each before bed - doctor cop then they filed out the front door by dr. bumble that night Camilla took her medicine it was awful when she woke up the next morning she did feel different but when she got dressed her clothes didn't fit right she looked in the mirror and there staring back at her was a giant multicolored pill with her face on it dr. bumble rushed over as soon as mrs. cream cult but this time said the specialists who brought the experts dr. Gordon dr. melon were the finest scientific minds in the land once again Camilla was poked and prodded looked at and listened to the experts wrote down lots of numbers then they huddled together and whispered dr. gourd finally spoke it might be a virus he announced with authority suddenly fuzzy little virus balls appeared all over Camilla or possibly some form of bacteria said mr. melon Oh pop squiggly little bacterial trails or it could be a fungus at a doctor gourd instantly Camilla was covered with different colored fungus blotches the experts looked at Camilla then at each other we need to go over these numbers again back at the lab dr. Gork explained we'll call you when we know something but the experts didn't have a clue much less a cure by now the TV news had found out about Camilla reporters from every channel were outside her house telling the story of the bizarre case of the incredible changing kid soon a huge crowd was camped out on the front lawn the creams were swamped with all kinds of remedies from psychologists apologists herbalist nutritionists psychics an old medicine man a guru and even a veterinarian each so-called cure only added to poor Camillo strange appearance until it was hard to even recognize her she sprouted roots and berries and crystals and feathers and long furry tail but nothing worked day a woman who called herself an environmental therapist claimed she could cure Camila hose your eyes she said breathe deeply and become one with your room I wish you hadn't said that Camila groaned slowly she started to melt into the walls of her room her bed became her mouth her nose was a dresser and two paintings were her eyes the therapist screamed and ran from the house what are we going to do cried mrs. cream it just keeps getting worse and worse she began to sob at that moment mr. Creem heard a quiet little knock at the front door he opened it and there stood an old woman who is just as plump and sweet as a strawberry excuse me she said greatly but I think I can help she went into Camilla's room and looked around my goodness she said the shake of bread what we have here is a bad case of stripes one of the worst I've ever seen she pulled the container of small green beans from her back here she said these might do the trick are those magic beans ask mrs. cream oh my no replied the kind old woman there's no such thing these are just plain old lima beans I bet you'd like some wouldn't you she asked him Ella Camila wanted a big heaping plateful of lima beans more than just about anything but she was still afraid to admit it yeah she's dead no one likes lima beans especially me oh dear the old woman said sadly I guess I was wrong about you she put the beans back in her back and started toward the door Camila watched the old woman walk away those beans would taste so good and being laughed at for eating them was nothing compared to what she'd been going through she finally couldn't stand it wait she cried the truth is I really love lima beans yeah I thought so the old woman said with a smile she took a handful of beans and popped them into Camilla's mouth mmm sir Camila suddenly the branches feathers and squiggly tails began to disappear then the whole room swirled around when it stopped there stood Camilla and everything was back to normal I'm cured she showed it yes at the old woman I knew the real you is in there somewhere she patted Camilla on the head then she went outside and vanished into the crowd afterward Camilla wasn't quite the same some of the kids at school said she was weird but she didn't care a bit she ate all the lima beans she wanted and she never had even a touch of the stripes again thanks for watching hearts and heroes like and subscribe for more read aloud books that delight and inspire

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Length: 9min 25sec (565 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 28 2018