After Phil read the last story, in Arnold's Parent's journal, Arnold went outside to sit on the stoop for a while. He looked through his parents journal and was glad that he had found it. When he was flipping through the pages, he found two pages stuck together. He slowly pulled them apart. After he pulled the two pages apart, he found a big surprise. He found a map of San Lorenzo.

"This is where my parents went on their last trip to San Lorenzo!" Arnold gasped.

He had to show it to his grandma and grandpa. Had they ever seen it before? There was a chance that they did. But, if the two pages were stuck together, they probably didn't know that map even existed.

"Grandma, Grandpa, you have to see this I found a map!" shouted Arnold.

All the lights in the boarding house came on. Phill and Pookie come down the stairs to see what was going on. They saw Arnold rushing towards them.

"What's going on Shortman?" asked Phil.

"I found a map!" declared Arnold.

He showed Phil and Pookie the map. They were surprised just as Arnold was. Niether Phil or Pookie knew about the map. They wondered if Miles had it drawn it out on their other trips to San Lorenzo.

"Well, what do you know, they left a map in the journal," stated Phil.

"Can we go to San Lorenzo?"asked Arnold.

"I don't know. You've got the 5th grade coming up," answered Phil. "Maybe, when you get out of school."

Arnold wanted to go find his parents. He wondered if Phil meant when he finished high school, or at the end of his fifth grade year. Arnold didn't ask any questions, he just went up to his room and got ready for bed. He was determined that he'd find a way to go San Lorenzo. It was passed midnight and the next day was the first day of school. So he put the journal away and went to bed.

The next day, he packed the journal in his book bag. He was going to show his best friend Gerald. When Arnold got off the city bus, he saw Gerald and he quickly walked over toward him.

"Arnold, I was thinking about you all day yesterday, I know that it was hard for you. I hope you are feeling better."

"I'm feeling better, you'll never believe what I found!"

He showed Gerald the journal and the map. Gerald was surprised just as much as Arnold was. When the bell rang, all the kids went into their classroom. They were now fifth graders, and their teacher would be Mr. Packenham. When the kids walked in the class, Principal Wartz was in the classroom.

"Where's our teacher?" asked Harold.

" What happened to Mr. Packenham?" asked Sid.

"What are you doing in here?"asked Stinky.

"Everybody, please sit down and take a seat," stated Principal Wartz." I'm going to answer your questions. Mr. Packenham transfered to PS 119."

"Well, who is going to be our teacher?" asked Rhonda.

"Is our new teacher fresh out of college?" asked Nadine.

"Will we learn anything this year?" asked Pheobe. "We come here to learn."

"Kids, settle down! It is all okay," declared Principal Wartz. "Your new teacher is standing outside the door. He is going to come in now."

"Hello Class," stated Mr. Simmons.

"You're our teacher again!" stated Sheena.

"I thought that you were teaching fourth grade!" stated Helga.

"What made you decide to teach fifth grade?" asked Gerald.

"When Mr. Packenham transfered, I decided that I wanted to teach fifth grade. We all had a great year last year, and I wanted to be your teacher again this year. I'm sure we will all have a good year again this year."

Prinicpal Wartz left the room. Mr. Simmons took a seat and asked the kids to tell the class some of the things that they did over the summer. Arnold talked about the journal that he found in the attic. All the kids were interested in the journal.

"Boys and Girls, I almost forgot to tell you something. I've recived news that there is an essay contest going. I hope that all of you will choose write an essay." stated Mr. Simmons.

"What does the winner get?" asked Curly.

"The winner gets to go on a trip and the trip will be paided for. They get to go on a trip to any where in the world that they want. But, their class goes too. It is an educational field trip." answered Mr. Simons.

Arnold knew that he had chance to go to San Lorenzo. But, he'd be competing with student everywhere. However, Arnold knew if he won, he wouldn't have to worry about hotel bills, an air plane ticket, etc.