Mateo's Magical M Morning
by
Patches the Story Dog
for your Preschooler
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Mateo opens his eyes. The sun is warm. The room is bright. What a good morning! But wait — something feels different today. Something feels like... magic!
"Moo! Mooooo!" What is that sound? Mateo runs to the window and peeks outside. A friendly cow stands in the yard! "Moo!" says the cow. "Mmm," says Mateo. "Moo starts with M!"
Sniff, sniff! Something smells warm and sweet. Muffins! Big, golden muffins, fresh from the oven. "Mmm," says Mateo. "Muffin starts with M!" He takes a big, yummy bite. So soft. So sweet.
Boing! Boing! Boing! Mateo hears something bouncing. He looks at his bed. Silly monkeys are jumping on it! One, two, three little monkeys! "Mmm," says Mateo, giggling. "Monkey starts with M!"
Mateo looks out the window again. Up in the big bright sky, the moon is still there! A round, glowing moon — smiling right at him. "Mmm," says Mateo. "Moon starts with M! Good morning, Moon!"
Mateo picks up his red mitten from the floor. Something wiggles inside! He peeks in. A tiny mouse! It has soft gray fur and bright little eyes. "Mmm," says Mateo. "Mouse starts with M! And mitten does too!"
Mateo walks outside. He passes a bright blue mailbox. He gives it a wave. And guess what? The mailbox giggles! "Hee hee hee!" Can you say it? "Mmm — mailbox starts with M!"
So many M things! Mateo has an idea. He loves to build! He grabs blocks, boxes, and tubes. He stacks them up, up, up. A moon block on top. A muffin box below. He is building a tower of M things!
"Monkey block! Mouse block! Mitten block! Mailbox block! Muffin block! Moon block!" Mateo counts them all. His tower is tall! He claps his busy hands. "I built it! My marvelous M tower!"
Mateo thinks the magic is all done. But then — he walks by the mirror. He stops. He looks. He sees... himself! "Mmm... M is for ME! M is for Mateo!" He gives a big, big smile.
Mateo is the most magical M of all! He hugs one of the silly monkeys tight. The monkey hugs him back. "You are my friend," says Mateo. "And friend does NOT start with M!" They both laugh and laugh.
Mateo puts on his shoes. He picks up a basket of warm muffins. He heads outside to share his marvelous morning with the whole neighborhood. What a magical, magnificent, M-M-M kind of day! M is for Mateo. And M is for YOU, too!