He was a normal eight year old, learning from his mistakes. He had encountered everything, except one. That he was yet to discover...
A boy skipped happily along the way. He wore a white t-shirt and a yellow jumper over it. He wore blue jeans with big, brown glasses. He was good-looking. (Compared to the cartoon, Arthur is the most good-looking). As the boy stopped at a shop which was named Sugarbowl, he was waved by another boy. "Hey Arthur!" The other boy called. Arthur looked at the boy. "Hi Buster," he said happily. Buster was Arthur's bestfriend. As Arthur and Buster went inside the Sugarbowl, they spotted Francine, Muffy, Fern, Brain, Sue Ellen and Binky. Arthur liked his friends alot. They always supported him. "Hey Arthur, Buster!" They all cried. Arthur and Buster waved.
"So this is the end of the year," Brain said as he spoke in a low voice. Suddenly the whole group fell silent. "That means third grade is over, and our school..." said Fern. Arthur remembered what had happened to Lakewood Elementery School. When the councils came to check the school they said it was a waste of time. The school was not proper furnished. The students didn't have enough education. They had to shut down but after Mr Haney, the headteacher pleaded to let it be till the end of year. So that's how it was. And as the end was approaching. Arthur had to hold back his tears. Tomorrow was the last day of the grade, and then... well it's better not to talk about it. But what hurt the most was that he was losing his friends too. Buster's mum got a transfer to England, where he would have to go and live. Francine's dad found a job in Boston. Muffy had to go live in Australia because her Dad wanted to build a hotel there. Fern was entered in a poet competition and had to go to Florida to study poetry. Brain won a show and had to leave town to travel round the world. Sue Ellen's dad had a little work in Ireland. And Binky wanted to enter Tour de France. But Arthur had to stay in Elwood city. It happened so fast. Arthur found it hard to believe.
The next day started grimly. Arthur woke up early. He didn't have a goodnight sleep. As Arthur walked into the classroom he found out nobody was happy. "Right, as today is the last day of the year, we shall celebrate it with a party!" Mr Ratburn said. There wasn't many cheers, instead groans were heard. "Um mr Ratburn can't we have a pop quiz or something like that?" Francine asked. Everyone nodded. "Well, if you'd like," Mr Ratburn said smiling sadly.
Lunch time came and Buster cried. He loved lunch, he loved food. "Why?!" He cried. As soon as school ended, Arthur and the gang stood outside staring at the building. "Guess this is the last day we'll see this building alive." Binky said. "Yeah," said Muffy. She then turned around to face her friends. I'll have to go now," she said. "We all have to go Muffy!" Sue Ellen said. Everybody looked down at the ground. "Goodbye..." They all said in unison. Then all walked away in different directions. Except Arthur. He was broken. Completely.