Peter prune was a little prune. He had been a prune all his life. And he hated it!

"I don't like being a prune" Peter Sighed as he looked in the mirror. His fingers raced over his prune lines. "I wish I was nice and plump like a grape"

"Don't be silly, we are prunes. Not grapes" Mama Prune said with a chuckle. Peter didn't chuckle, not even a smile...

He sat at the table and ate his dry waffle with no drink of any kind. "Why can't I have water mum?" And all movements came to a halt.

"But if you have water then your be all all all... Hydrated" Mama Prune shuddered at the thought.

"HYDRATED?! Not in my house!" Papa Prune yelled. Peter was shocked. He hadn't expected such a reaction from his family.

He ran to his room... He bundled up his bed sheets and tied them round his waist. He just looked silly, he didn't like hydrated at all.

He tried taking really Really REALLY deep breaths. But that didn't work either. He tried everything but nothing made him look like everyone else! He waited until his parents weren't home, sneaking into the kitchen he run the tap. Filling up a bowl because he had no cups.

He took a sip, then another and another... Until it was all gone. He filled the bowl a second time and a third and a fourth and a fifth. When he looked in the mirror next he couldn't believe what he saw.

He was a human boy, he had arms and legs and a button nose. "Wow, that's magical" he gasped. When mama and papa prune came home they were shocked...

"Peter!" His mum gasped in horror.

"It's okay mum. I'm like all those other people now. You can be too" Peter said. Mama and papa prune tried the water and just like Peter drank until they were also human.

After many years they forgot their prune lives and lived happily.

Goodnight my lovelies
Drink water
Sleep well
Sweet dreams

Much love ❤
Mama Bean xx