THE BLUE BOTTLE

One night, Milly was up late reading in bed. She finished the book she was reading and looked over to her shelf to see what else she might read before she went to bed. Right there on her shelf was something she had never seen before. It was a blue bottle.The blue bottle was about as tall as a small book, had a round bottom, and a thin narrow neck. and while the bottle looked as if it were made of glass, Millie could not see through it. Millie got out of bed and went over to the bottle. She picked it up, carefully, afraid that it might break. She was surprised at just how heavy it was. Certainly heavier than any other bottle this size she had ever  before lifted.

She looked down into the bottle, but it was too dark inside to see anything. So she shook it. She heard a rattling sound. There was something inside! She turned the bottle upside down and shook it again, to see if anything would fall out. Something almost fell out and then it didn't. Whatever was inside was now stuck in the bottle's neck. Milly shook harder and harder. Finally, something small fell onto the floor. It was a ...............