Tulsa and the Frog

by Tony Ross

Tulsa has a silly name. Worse than that, it was a horrible name. Worse than that, Tulsa hated being called Tulsa.

Worse than that, her second name was not much better.

She was called Tulsa Pomfret. Honestly, Tulsa Pomfret; even the dog laughed. Sometimes the other children called her Pom Pom Pomfret. That was bad, but better than Tulsa.

Tulsa hated her name so much, she wanted to be someone else. Anybody else would do, so Tulsa imagined that she was some of the people who lived in her story books.

This is how it worked. When Tulsa was reading Snow White and The Seven Dwarves, she became Snowy and The Seven Dolls. She would pretend that her seven dolls were doing all the work that Snow White had to do. She had more than seven dolls really, but only needed seven for this game. When Mum called, "Tulsa, time for tea," she didn't hear. When Mum called "Snowy, time for tea," she said goodbye to the seven dolls, and went downstairs.

Tulsa had some teddy bears. She picked the biggest one, and the next to biggest one, and the smallest one. Of course, she became Goldilocks. The best bit about being Goldilocks, was having three bowls of porridge for breakfast, and being Goldy.

When Dad found her in his bed, he said, "Tulsa, what are you doing in my bed?" Tulsa didn't say anything, so Dad said, "Goldy, what are you doing in my bed?"

"Just trying it out, but it's horribly hard," she said, jumping to the floor.