Welcome to Made Up Story. This is Philip from London.

Hi, my name is Dean.

I'm five and a half, years old, and I live in Los Angeles.

And I would like a story about monster octopus, a fire-bleeding dragon, and fireworks.

Thank you. Welcome to Make a Story.

Tonight's Make-Up Story is a request from a boy named Dean who lives in Los Angeles, California, and who is five and a half

years old. And Dean asked for us to make up a story that includes a monster octopus, a fire-breathing

dragon, and fireworks. Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a big

boy whose name was Dean. It was getting to be nighttime, and Dean knew that that night,

there were going to be fireworks.

There was a big parade in town, and there was going to be cotton candy outside, and there was

going to be hot dogs, and kids were going to get to stay up late that night.

And that night, there was going to be a big fireworks show, where fireworks

were shot in the air and made colorful designs in the dark sky behind them. Dean was very excited.

So Dean told his mom that they should dress up in pajamas that day since

they were going to stay out so late. And Dean put on his pajamas and he walked out with his mom

and with his dad in the city of Los Angeles. They got to the place where there was going to be the fireworks.

It was a beach that was so sandy, and the water on the beach was red instead of its usual blue.

And Dean could see that there was a man who was dressed up in a tall, long hat that was blue and had stars on it.

And the man also had a nose that was very silly because it was shaped like a carrot.

And the man was also wearing a robe that also had stars on it, and that was also blue.

And he had a magic wand and a long beard.

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