Your Happy Friend

Dear Duncan,

　　As green crayon, I am writing for two reasons. One is to say that I like my work - loads of crocodiles, trees, dinosaurs and frogs. I have no problems and wish to congratulate you on a very successful "colouring things GREEN" career so far.

　　The second reason I write is for my friends, Yellow Crayon and Orange Crayon, who are no longer speaking to each other. Both crayons feel THEY should be the colour of the sun.

　　Please settle this soon because they're driving the rest of us CRAZY!


Your happy friend,
Green Crayon


The Day the Crayons Quit
by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
ISBN 978-0-00-674511-2

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Your Empty Friend

Dear Duncan,

　　You colour with me, but why?

　　Most of the time I'm the same colour 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!

　　I'm not even in the rainbow.

　　I'm only used to colour SNOW or to fill in empty space between other things.

　　And it leaves me feeling ... ... well ... ... empty. We need to talk.


Your empty friend,
White Crayon


The Day the Crayons Quit
by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
ISBN 978-0-00-674511-2

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Your Beige Friend

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 am also tired of being second place to 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 wheat, and let's be honest - when was the last time you saw a kid excited about colouring wheat?


Your BEIGE friend,
Beige Crayon



The Day the Crayons Quit
by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
ISBN 978-0-00-674511-2

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