• Cerbona Storybook
• Cerbona stories from children
  • The cereal-eating competition
  • The Map
  • Cerbi and the ice-cream
  • Cerbi and the Clouds
  • Cerbi and the evil sorcery
  • Cerbi and the Honey Bear
  • Cerbi and the vacation
  • Cerbi's carnival fancy dress
  • Cerbi goes on a holiday
  • Cerbi Goes on Holiday
  • Cerbi goes for a shopping
  • Cerbi Picks Flowers
  • A summer day
  • Cooking contest
  • The grand spell of Hókusz
  • Kocian Sleeps
  • Kocian's grandma
  • The contest

Cerbi's carnival fancy dress

It was a cold night in winter. In spite of this, the inhabitants of Cerbengócia all woke up cheerfully knowing that this day is the day of the CARNIVAL. They had been waiting for this moment for weeks and had been making enchanting fancy dresses for the amusement at night. When the clock struck seven, the doors of the ballroom sprung open and everyone marched in dressed in their dresses. Kocian donned the clothes of a Western hero with pistols hanging by his side and with a matching hat on his head. Serena was dressed up as a bride, wearing a beautiful white wedding gown with a veil. As for Hocus, he decided to be a chef with a big white chef hat and with a wooden spoon in his hand. All of the guests arrived one after the other and had a great time, meanwhile, of course, they were eating most delicious cereals all together but with Cerbi missing. They were looking for him high and low, but he was nowhere to be found. After a tiring dance Hocus happened to lean against a door that had been left ajar, when someone called his name. Turning around he found an embittered Cerbi.

'What is wrong, Cerbi, why aren't you joining us?' asked Hocus.

'Give me a hand, Hocus. I was not able to make a fancy dress for myself, therefore I can't join you. Practice your magic and make me some fancy dress, pretty please.'

Hocus automatically popped a bottle out of his pocket and gave it to Cerbi saying 'Make your wish about what you want to become, and then pour its content on your head and you will immediately transformed into him.' Without pausing for a moment to think, Cerbi poured the bottle onto his head saying 'I want to become a valiant knight.' Instantly that moment he could feel the dense brown chocolate flowing through his head and then covering his entire body. 'Hey, Hocus, this is nothing but melted chocolate!'

'Oh my God, I've forgotten that I am wearing the chef's outfit instead of my magical cloak. But do not worry, Cerbi. Here, take my chef hat. Put it on and you will be the chef's messy assistant.' Hocus' words cheered Cerbi up so that he dared to join the others, who actually found his outfit to be the funniest one. The fact that this clothing had not even planned remained a secret between him and Hocus, they didn't tell it to the others.

Beáta Kovács - Szeged