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The Day the Crayons Quit by: Drew Daywalt

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Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: His crayons have had enough! They quit! Beige Crayon is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown Crayon. Black wants to be used for more than just outlining. Blue needs a break from coloring all those bodies of water. And Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking—each believes he is the true color of the sun. What can Duncan possibly do to appease all of the crayons and get them back to doing what they do best?

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Time Square by Drew daywalt what is a m class Duncan went to take out his crayons and found the stack of letters with his name on them to Duncan hey it's me red crayon we need to talk you make me work harder than any of your other crayons all year long I wear myself out a fire engine I have to color all the Santas at Christmas and all the parts on Valentine's Day I need a rest you're overworked red crayon dear Duncan all right listen I love that I'm your favorite crayon from dragon wizard hats but it makes me crazy that's so which of my gorgeous color goes outside the lines if you don't start coloring inside the lines soon I'm going to completely lose it friends purple crayon dear Duncan I'm tired of being called light brown or dark tan because I am neither I am beige and I am proud I'm also tired of being second place mr. brown crayon it's not fair that Brown gets all the Bears ponies and puppies while the only thing I get are turkey dinners if I'm lucky and wait and let's be honest when was the last time you about coloring we your beige friend beige crayon Duncan Gray crayon here she or killing me I know you love elephants and I know that elephants are gray and that's a lot of space to color in all by myself and don't even get me started on your rhinos hippos and humpback whales you know how tired after handling all of those things such big animals penguins are gray you know and so our store Pebble how about one of those once in a while get you give me a break you're very tired friend gray crayon sunken you color with me but why most of the time I'm the same color as the page you are using me on white if I didn't have a black outline you wouldn't even know I was there not even in the rainbow I'm only used to color snow or to fill in an empty space between us and it leaves me feeling we need to talk your empty friend I hate being used to draw the outline of thing things that are colored in my other colors thinks it's not fair when you use me to draw and then fill in the colors of the bowl with the other crayon how about a black beach balls sometime is that friend black are Dunkin as green crayon I am writing for two reasons one is to say that I liked my work load of crocodiles trees dinosaurs I have no congratulate you on a very successful coloring things green career so far the second reason I write is for my friends yellow crayon and orange crayon how are no longer speaking to each other right on steel they should be the color of the sun please settle this soon because they're driving the rest of us happy friend crayon dear Duncan need you to tell them that I am a lot I am the color of the sun I will I can prove I'm the color of the sun to last Tuesday you used to color the sun on your hair Farm coloring book used furniture is on page one you can't miss me I'm shining down brilliantly on a field of yellow corn the true color of the sun yellow crayon dear Duncan I see yellow crayon already talked to you anyway could you please tell Mister tattletale that he is not the color of the sun we both know I am clearly the color of the sun because on Thursday me to color the Sun Monkey Island and the Meet The Zookeeper pages in your coloring book and the real color dear Duncan it has been great being your favorite color this past year and the year before MD or before that I have really enjoyed all those oceans lakes rivers raindrops and clear skies but the bad news is that I am so short and stubby I can't even see over the railing in the crayon box set very steady friend blue crayon Duncan okay listen here you have not liked me once in the past year it's because you think I am a girl color isn't it sticking to switch please tell your little sister I said thank you for using me to color in a little princess coloring book I think she did a fabulous job on staying inside the lines now text us could you please use the me sometime color Dean National Pink Dinosaur monster for cowboy goodness knows they all could use the splash of color your unused friend pink crayon hey Duncan it's me Peach crayon did you kill lost my paper wrapping now I'm naked and so embarrassed to leave the crayon box I don't even have any idea how you like to go to school naked I need some clothes naked friend Peach crayon report Duncan just wanted to color and of course he wanted his crayons to be happy play some in Ikea when Duncan showed his teacher his new picture she gave him an a for coloring is an A+ for creativity BN

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