Octopus

Once upon a time there was a cranky  NOUN named Alfred. Alfred was cranky for many reasons, but most especially because he had so many feet, yet no shoes. He didn't even have  NOUN! What a shame. When Alfred was  ADJECTIVE , he would stalk the boats passing by and  VERB the sneakers off the feet of children. But then a dilemma occurred: all the kids were wearing  ADJECTIVE Crocs! YUCK! As Alfred grew older, he no longer wanted to steal the shoes of the children. He got crankier and older, older and crankier. Then, he died.