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Arthur has to write a story as a homework assignment and keeps changing his idea of what to write as he talks to his friends When Mr. Ratburn asks the class to write a story, Arthur immediately produces a composition entitled "How I Got My Puppy Pal." But as one person after another gives him advice about what constitutes a good story, he keeps making changes until he ends up with an outlandish song and dance number about elephants on the Planet Shmellafint! Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc. When Mrs. Ratburn gives a creative writing assignment to the class, Arthur worries that his first story is not exciting enough, leading him to make his story more humorous, until he writes the final story, but he still does not know if it is entertaining.

What makes a story entertaining? That's the question Arthur asks himself when Mr. Ratburn gives a creative writing assignment to the class. When D.W. yawns through Arthur's first story, he worries that his tale isn't exciting enough. Is the setting too humdrum? Maybe he needs to research his subject more thoroughly. Or perhaps humor is the key to creating a lively tale! With every new angle, Arthur's story takes one more hilarious step further away from his original idea -- but is the end result really the tale he wants to tell?