Mr.Selfish

Mr. Selfish By: Allie B

One crisp, fall day, Mr. Selfish slipped on his plaid trousers that matched his blue skin perfectly and headed off to run errands. He was a teeny weenie quadrilateral with an immense personality that wasn’t always pleasant. He has a big heart, don’t get me wrong, he just uses it mostly on himself. He only left his Narcissistic Palace in his hometown of Meville for very specific things. Meville is full of people that only care about themselves and Mr. Selfish felt right at home. Today, he was going to get the finest ingredients to bake him self a cake (even though it was his mom’s birthday) in Careoppolis and that is where our story begins.

As Mr. Selfish strolled down the street, heading for Little Miss Baker’s Pastry Shop when he ran into Little Miss Humble. She gave him a solid wave and complimented, “ You are looking very sharp today Mr. Selfish.” “ I know,” exclaimed Mr. Selfish greedily as he raced off to the pastry shop. Miss

Humble whispered under her breath, “Someone better teach him to care about other people.”

As Mr. Selfish entered the shop, Miss Baker said, “Hello Mr. Selfish, what can I get for you today?” “ I’ll take your finest ingredients to bake a cake,” explained Mr. Selfish. “ Who are you baking it for?” questioned Miss Baker. “ Myself,” Mr. Selfish mumbled hastily. “Oh,” whispered Miss Baker as Mr. Selfish scurried out the door like a criminal wanted by the police department.

Because Mr. Selfish was so busy fishing through his bag, he didn’t notice the faint clicking noise in the back round until he saw the flashing lights. It was Mr. Snapshot taking pictures for the newspaper of Little Miss Saveananimal after she had just saved another stray mutt. A group of people was surrounding her. He wanted people to notice him and he wanted to be in the spotlight, so he butted in front of Miss Saveananimal so he would be in the newspaper.

Earlier that day, Miss Humble asked Mr. Mob a favor. “ I want to show Mr. Selfish how he has been treating other people. Do you think you could impersonate him in front of one of your mobs?” “ Of course I can,” bellowed Mr. Mob, “ I won an award in drama!!!” So we return to Mr. Selfish and Miss Saveananimal.

Mr. Mob jumped in from behind and yelled, “Yes, I knew it, I’m going to be in the newspaper! Not Miss Saveananimal!!!” At first, the crowd was bewildered but when they saw Miss Humble wink, they knew exactly what was going on. He was acting exactly like Mr. Selfish. Mr. Selfish started to yell, “Wait, what are you doing? That isn’t very nice!” Mr. Mob exited his character and called, “ This is how you have been treating everyone else.”

After that day, Mr. Selfish went back to Narcissistic Palace and thought about what happened. He had made his decision, packed everything up, and moved to Careoppolis. He soon changed his name to Mr. Caresalot and was amiable and sweet to every person he saw!!!