I found a magic hat
While walking in the mall.
That is how I got so short,
Although I had been rather tall.

It said that I could wish for things
And they’d appear out of thin air,
And pile up on the hat’s broad brim;
But warned that I should wish with care.

At first I wished for little things,
A brand new baseball and a bat.
I felt the bumps when they appeared
And landed on my magic hat.

So then I asked for silly things;
Jellybeans, a chocolate cake,
Which joined the stuff atop my hat.
The elephant was a big mistake!