The Monster's Three Wishes

Bob read this story, in which Cookie Monster brushes his teeth one day and lets a genie out of his toothpaste. The Genie rewards Cookie Monster with three wishes. Cookie Monster wants a million cookies, but first wants something to carry the cookie in. He wishes for a truck, and get's a toy truck that can hardly carry a million cookies. He then wishes for a bigger truck, but only get's a slightly bigger toy truck. Finally, he wishes for the biggest truck, which is a full-size truck, but he no longer has any more wishes left, so he eats the truck. The skit not only teaches about sizes and the number 3, but that one should concentrate on what he or she really wants and not make up other wants in addition to the original want, or the ability to get what was wanted in the first place may be lost. This sketch was included as a bonus sketch in Sesame Street: Old School, Volume 1.

This sketch was adapted as a story in The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 Storybook and reprinted in The Sesame Street Library.

This sketch was also adapted for the audio format, with Herbert Birdsfoot as the narrator and Oscar the Grouch portraying the genie. In the album version, Cookie Monster wished for a dish and a box and a truck.