Harold and the Purple Crayon

Alas poor Harold, a neglected four year old that spends all of his days alone and in his pajamas. His only source of entertainment is his purple crayon. It is the only crayon that poor Harold owns. With his puple crayon poor Harold draws on everything around him to create a beautiful , magical world where people care and he is never left alone.

Harold can eat anything he can imagine in this world ,so he is never hungry. He can draw animals to love and parks to play in. Harold is happy in his purple world. He can play with any toy he wants and lie in the purple clover under the purple sky.

Harold is happy in the purple world until he is startled by the sound of the lock on his bedroom door being unlocked. His mother comes in and screams at Harold to “clean up this awful mess!” and she takes Harolds purple crayon and throughs it against the wall. The purple crayon falls behind the big chest of drawers.

Harold does what he is told because Harold really is a good little boy. When he is finished cleaning his room, he reaches behind the big chest of drawers and retreaves his beloved purple crayon. He hides it under his matress and waits until the next day when he can once again escape his neglected life and live in a beautiful purple dream.