The Monster's Three Wishes Lyrics - Sesame Street

Once there lived a little monster 

In a kingdom far away. 

And a very strange thing happened 

As he brushed his teeth one day. 

As he squeezed his tube of toothpaste, 

Deepest thunder shook the skies. 

And suddenly a genie stood 

Before his very eyes. 

"I'm the genie of the toothpaste," 

Said the genie with a laugh. 

"I've been trapped inside that toothpaste tube 

For 3 weeks and a half. 

You squeezed the tube and set me free 

So here is what I'll do - 

I'll let you have 3 wishes 

And I'll make them all come true." 

"Oh boy!" exclaimed the monster, 

"Wow! 3 wishes just for me! 

Now let me think and then decide 

What my first wish will be." 

Now my favorite thing is cookies, 

Thought the monster with a grin. 

But first I'll wish for something nice 

To keep my cookies in. 

I would like a million cookies, 

But before I use that wish ... 

"Hey, Genie," said the monster, 

"Will you please bring me a dish?" 

"Will I ever!" said the genie, 

"For your wish is my command." 

And instantly a dish appeared 

Right in the monster's hand. 

"Hey, I did it!" cried the genie. 

"Wow! I haven't lost my touch!" 

"It's a nice dish," said the monster, 

"But it won't hold very much." 

The monster thought of all the cookies 

That he'd soon get with his wish. 

And he knew a million cookies 

Couldn't fit on one small dish. 

He would need something much bigger. 

So the monster said, "Hey, Genie! 

I would like a great big box ... 

This plate is much too teeny!" 

"You want a box? You've got it," 

Said the genie with a smirk. 

And instantly a box appeared. 

The monster cried, "Nice work!" 

But although the box was pretty big 

And could hold lots of stuff - 

Could it hold a million cookies ...? 

It just wasn't big enough. 

So the monster called the genie 

And said, "Boy, am I in luck! 

Since you'll give me what I wish for ... 

How about a great big truck?" 

And right away a truck appeared 

Before the monster's eyes. 

"Fantastic!" cried the monster. 

"It is just the perfect size!" 

"It will hold a million cookies, 

And I'll never have to worry. 

And that is what I wish for! 

Give me cookies now! Please hurry!" 

"I am sorry," said the genie, 

"For though cookies are delicious, 

I cannot give them to you 

'Cause you've used up your 3 wishes." (love that rhyme!) 

"Oh, no!" exclaimed the monster. 

"is it true? I just can't tell. 

For although I'm good at eating things, 

I do not count so well." 

"Let us count these things together," 

Said the genie, "and you'll see - 

The dish is 1, the box is 2, 

And then the truck makes 3." 

"3 things! You're right," the monster said, 

"Now what am I to do? 

I've used up my 3 wishes 

And I'm very hungry, too!" 

"Gee, that's too bad," the genie said, 

"But now my job's complete." 

"I'm so hungry," said the monster, 

"Oh, I need something to eat!" 

"I'm sad your wish for cookies 

Can't come true," the genie said. 

"That's okay," replied the monster ... 

" ... I'll just eat the truck instead!" 

And as the monster ate the truck, 

The genie disappeared, 

Saying, "I have seen a lot of things - 

But boy ... is that guy weird!"