The Magic Umbrella

There once was a Wizard named Wilbur who had a magic umbrella; magic because he could make it any size he wanted.
On clear, sunny days he would shrink it up so small that he could put it in his pocket but if it ever rained, he would  take it out and, rubbing it just like a genies lamp would make it grow back to its normal size.
One day, however, when it was very rainy indeed, Wilbur was walking along holding his umbrella over his head when a rabbit came hopping by.
"Excuse me", said the rabbit, "But is there any room under your umbrella. I'm getting awfully wet and rabbit fur takes ages to dry".
"Oh yes", said Wilbur, smiling and nodding, "Don't worry. I'll just make my umbrella bigger".
And giving his umbrella a rub he made it grow so that it was big enough to cover both him and the rabbit.
But then, before they had gone much further, Wilbur and the Rabbit met a porcupine.
"Excuse me", said the Porcupine, ""But is there any room under your umbrella. My prickles are getting all damp".
"Why ofcourse", said the Wizard, "I'll just make it bigger again".
And rubbing the handle of his umbrella a second time he made it grow big enough so that it now covered him, the rabbit and the porcupine.
But then as they were all walking further down the road, they saw a little green frog come bouncing towards them.
"Excuse", me said the frog, "But I'm getting soaked by all this rain".
"Oh?", replied Wibur, "But I thought Frogs liked the rain?".
"Not me", said the frog, "Its cold and miserable. I like warm sunny days".
"Well then", said Wilbur, rubbing his umbrella again so that it grew even bigger, "Come under my umbrella. Theres plenty of room".
And happily, the little frog hopped under the Wizards umbrella and then he, the wizard, the rabbit and the porcupine continued down the street.
But then, unfortunately, just at that moment, a big gust of wind blew hard upon the umbrella and, because the umbrella was now so big, it lifted the Wizard who was holding onto its handle right up into the air.
Fortunately the rabbit held onto the wizard by his long beard to stop him blowing away.
But when he did the wind only blew harder and it blew so hard that the rabbit too was lifted up off of the ground.
So then the porcupine grabbed hold of the rabbit by its fluffy tail to try and pull it down but when it did, it got pulled up into the air aswell.
Now the frog couldn't grab hold of the porcupine easily because its back was all covered in prickly spines and it didn't have a fluffy tail like the rabbit either, but he grabbed hold of its little porcupine feet to try and pull it down again.
Unfortunately, the little frog was by far the least strong of all of them and so just like them he was soon pulled off of his webbed feet.
But then, as if that wasn't bad enough, the wind grew even stronger, blowing them all with a fierce, sudden gust right up into the sky.
"Oh help", cried the Frog, looking down at the ground far below, "Frogs aren't meant to fly. Get me down".
Now Wilbur would have gladly got the frog and the other animals back down again because he didn't like heights much either but, just as he was thinking about a spell that could save them, suddenly the wind blew harder than ever before and this time it blew them far across land and sea until, finally, by the time it had died down they were high over the middle of the ocean.
"Help", said the Porcupine as, without any wind to keep it up in the air, the umbrella and everyone hanging onto it fell with a splash into the water, "I don't know how to swim".
Fortunately, however, Wilbur knew just what to do.
Grabbing hold of its handle again, he turned the umbrella upside down and, when he did, all the animals saw that the upturned umbrella floated on the ocean just like a boat.
Then, getting onboard the umbrella, he used his long white beard like a lifeline to pull the rabbit, porcupine and frog onboard aswell.
And fortunately, no sooner were they all safely aboard the wizards umbrella when a big wave hit them and, lifting them up, carried them across the water before setting them down again upon the shore of an island.
"Thank goodness", said the rabbit hopping out of the umbrella onto dry land, "I was beginning to think we'd all end up as fish food".
But then, once everyone had disembarked from the umbrella and Wilbur had folded it up and shrunk it down small enough to fit under his arm, suddenly they all felt the ground beneath them shake and heard the sound of giant footsteps getting nearer.
Then, before they knew what was happening, to their horror, the wizard and his animal friends all saw a giant fire breathing dragon come stomping towards them.
"Invaders!", roared the dragon, "Get off of my island".
Then, puffing out its scaly chest, the dragon blew a long, red and blazing stream of fire towards them.
But then, luckilly, Wilbur had another idea and, unfolding his umbrella again and turning the top of its opened canopy to face the dragon he rubbed its handle, making it grow until it was big enough to shield him and all the animals from the dragons flames.
"Fortunately", he said to the rabbit, proudly, "My umbrella is also completely fireproof".
But then, with a loud terrifying roar and snapping with its giant jaws, the dragon took a big chomp out of the canopy of the umbrella.
"Pity its not big scary jaws full of sharp teeth proof", said the frog as, forgetting about the umbrella they all turned and ran.
But then, as they were running away from the dragon and Wilbur was frantically trying to think of what to do next, all of a sudden, they heard the monster let out an ear-splitting cry of pain.
And, looking back over his shoulder, Wilbur realized that the dragon had stepped on the porcupine and got its spiky back stuck in one of its feet.
"Oh help me please", said the dragon, starting to cry more like a big baby than a ferocious beast, "Someone get this thing out of my foot. It hurts so bad".
"Alright", said Wilbur to the dragon, "Well help you if you promise not to eat us".
"I promise", said the dragon.
"Or burn us or step on us or tear us to pieces with your sharp dragon claws", said the frog, peering out timidly from behind Wilbur.
"Yes! Yes!", said the dragon, "I promise. Just help me, please".
So the frog took hold of the Porcupines hands and the rabbit took hold of the frogs webbed feet and Wilbur took hold of the rabbits fluffy tail and pulling with all their might they pulled the Porcupine out of the dragons foot.
Then, because the dragon was still in alot of pain, Wilbur took out some magic, pain relieving potion from his pocket and rubbed it on the dragons foot until the pain went away.
"Oh, thank you so much", said the Dragon sounding very relieved, "If theres anything I can do to help you. You just have to name it".
"Well yes there is, actually", said Wilbur, "All of us are very far from home and we don't have any way of getting back again".
"Don't worry", said the dragon, "I'll take you back home".
Then the dragon told the Wizard, the rabbit, porcupine and frog to all climb upon its back and, flapping its two gigantic wings, it rose up high into the air before, flying, it carried them all the way across the ocean and safely back home.
And when they got home it was still raining but the animals werent very enthusiastic when the wizard offered to let them use his spare umbrella.
"Oh no thank you", said the Porcupine, "Not after what happened with your other umbrella".
So, instead, the Wizard asked them if they would all like to come inside his cottage and shelter until it had stopped raining and, accepting his kind offer, the animals and he all sat down and had a lovely cup of tea.