Author's Note: To make it easier on myself, the chapters where Rosie is telling the story of her adventure, will be told from Rosie's POV. Enjoy!
Chapter 2, Rosie's New York Adventure, Part 1
Rosie POV
My big aventure started for me, not long after my hair gotted turndid pink cuz of that accident I toldid you about back when we first metted. Anyway, we lefted very early in the morning, just as the sun came up. But we weren't going by car to this place, oh no! We went on a train!
End of Rosie POV
"Oh yeah! I've been on a train before. But my firstest train trip was to a family union. I can't say that was my most favoritest place, as Angelica toldid me I'd be going home with another family. I think I enjoyed my nextest time on a train more. That was when my friends were there too, after our trip to Paris. Sadly though, Chuckie's favoritest bear, Wawa went missing, and we had to find it." Explained Tommy, interrupting Rosie's story.
Rosie rolled her eyes at his interruption.
"Uh, did Chuckie get Wawa back?" Rosie asked.
"Yep, and we had the bestest time on the, oh, I think the growed ups called it the lental town express or something." Said Tommy.
Rosie cleared her throat impatiently.
"Uh, can we get back to my story now? Please?" Rosie asked impatiently.
"Sure we can. Sorry for interrupting." Said Tommy.
"It's ok." Rosie replied.
Rosie POV
Ok, well, my firstest time on a train was with me, my mommy and daddy, my big sister Mary, my friends, Hazel and Bonnie, and to my unpleasant surprise, Reggie went with us too. Little did I know though, just how important a role Reggie would play on my firstest vacation. We got on the train, and it was really neat! There were rows of seats, a car with lots of nummy food, and while the loud noise scared Bonnie a little bit, I kept telling her that it was ok, it's just the noise of the motor that makes the train go. We had lots of fun riding the train, as we saw all sorts of things go by. While we road the train, my sister kept playing music on her iPad, in particular, this song about New York. It was sung by some man, and he wanted to visit the city that never slept and become the king of the hill. This sparked up my curiosity when hearing this song, so I turned to my friends.
"Is it true that nobody takes nappies in New York?" I asked.
"I don't know Rosie, but if the man in the song says he wants to wake up in a city that never sleeps, then I guess not." Hazel replied.
"And what about becoming the king of the hill? We're girls, shouldn't we become the queen of the hill?" I asked.
"I don't know if becoming the queen of the hill is such a terrific idea. I am afraid of heights you know." Said Bonnie.
I looked into my friend's almond colored eyes with a reassuring look.
"Don't worry Bonnie, that man in the song seems very nice. If he is the king of the hill, top of the heap like he said, I'm sure he'll treat you nice and not let anything bad happen." I said.
"That's good." Replied Bonnie with a sigh of relief, as she let out a small smile.
Before we knew it, we were arriving in the city. There were huge buildings everywhere! Seeing this fantastic sight, gave me another brilliant question.
"Hey girls, look at all the tall buildings!" I said.
"And lots of peoples!" Added Hazel.
"I don't know, it looks kind of like home, only biggerer, with more buildings and more people! I hope we're not gonna live here." Said Bonnie in fear.
Just then, Reggie came up to us.
"You baby ladies are so silly. We're not gonna live here, we're on a vacation." Reggie explained.
"What's a vacation?" Hazel asked.
"A vacation is this really cool trip where you get to do anything you want, all of the time." Reggie explained.
"You know what? I bet ya Reggie's always on vacation." Bonnie whispered into my ear.
I just let out a tiny giggle, as Reggie went on to explain more.
"My mommy tells me New York City is the bestest place to take a vacation." Reggie continued.
"New York City? You mean it's not just in a song sung by some man? We can actually go there?" Hazel asked.
"Of course we can go there butter ball head, in fact, it's right over there." Replied Reggie, as he pointed out the window of our train car to where the tall buildings were.
Me and my friends stared in fascination at what lay before us.
"And I'm gonna become the star on Broadway, starring in my own musical, Phantom of the Reggie!" Reggie exclaimed.
"Hey, wait a minute Reggie, I thought we were in New York City, not Broadway." Said Hazel.
"We are. Broadway is a street in New York City. It's where all of the musicals take place. And I believe our mommies and daddies are taking us to that dumb old Dummi Bears musical." Scowled Reggie.
"Wow really? I've always wanted to see the Dummi Bears musical." Said Bonnie.
"Me too Bonnie. Wow! This place looks like fun!" I exclaimed.
"Maybe we can ride Jelly Bear to outside space!" Suggested Hazel.
"You guys are so silly, Jelly Bear can't fly, and he doesn't have his astronaut license." Said my older sister Mary, who looked up from her iPad to see us talking.
"He can take us to outside space on our vacation." Said Hazel, just as the train went into a dark tunnel, and came to a stop.
"This is your conductor speaking. We're now at Pen Station in New York City. Everybody who's changing trains here or who's final destination is here must get off now. Anybody who's continuing on to Washington DC, please stay on board. Thank you." Said a loud man's voice over a speaker.
A few minutes later, our mommies and daddies came to get us.
"Come on kids, it's time to go." Said my mommy, as she scooped me up, and we headed off the train into Pen Station.
"Wow, this train station don't look like a pen. I wonder how it writes?" I thought to myself, as we were carried by our mommies through a large crowd of people and out on to a busy street.
While I've lived in a big city all of my life, it was nothing like it was here, and as I looked around, and saw peoples selling hotdogs, kids playing in a huge park, and pigeons flying around, something toldid me this was going to be the bestest vacation ever. Soon, we were at the place where we'd be staying. It's called a hotel and it's where we stay in this huge room with lots of beds. Once we gotted to our room, is when I heard some of the worstest news a baby could ever receive.
"Uh, Shannon, honey, can I see you, for a minute?" My daddy asked, as he was getting his stuff situated on this dresser by the TV.
I caught a glimpse of his face, and he didn't look too happy. Wondering what was the matter, I snuck over to the door, when my mommy and daddy went out into the hall to talk, and listened from the doorway.
"What is it dear?" My mommy asked.
"I forgot our tickets to the Dummi Bears musical." My daddy muttered in disappointment.
"You what?" My mommy screamed in anger.
"I'm sorry. We were in such a hurry, I must have left them on the kitchen table, as I checked through my pockets and all through my suitcase, and, well, they're not here! I even emptied my wallet three times while we were on the train, no luck there either." Said my daddy.
I knew at that moment, we needed help if we were going to see that Dummi Bears musical, so I ran over to my friends, who were playing with a blue and purple ball that Bonnie brought with her from home, and toldid them the bad news.
"Uh, you girls, I've gots some bad news." I said.
"What's wrong?" Bonnie asked.
"My daddy forgotted the tickets to the Dummi Bears musical at home, so we can't go now." I said.
"Maybe we can get new tickets." Suggested Hazel.
I thought about it for a minute before I responded.
"Hey Hazel, that's a great idea!" I said.
"Uh, wait a sec, what's a good idea?" Bonnie asked.
"Getting new tickets for the musical." I replied.
"Uh, Rosie, tickets cost money, and we don't gots any." Said Bonnie.
"Well, maybe we can find something else that's just as good as money, to trade in on Broadway to get tickets." I suggested.
"What can we trade in?" Bonnie asked.
"Well, I saw lots of peoples eating hotdogs. And Reggie said Broadway is the street where musicals live. Maybe, if we bring the Dummi Bears some hotdogs, they'll let us see their show!" I explained, as I paced back in force in front of my two friends.
"That's a great idea Rosie, and if that doesn't work, I've gots lots of wormies in my diapies to trade in instead." Said Hazel, as she pulled a wormie out of her diapie, and slurped it into her mouth.
"Then it's settled then. Tomorrow when we go out to have fun, we must get some hotdogs and find Broadway." I said, just as I heard the TV turn on.
I turned around to find that my sister had switched it on, but before she could change the channel, we heard even more news that was shocking.
"And in recent news it appears the cast of the Dummi Bears musical has gone on strike." Said a lady on the TV.
I turned to my friends.
"I didn't know the Dummi Bears would be going bowling in this musical. Hurray for knocking all of the bowling pins down!" I exclaimed excitedly.
"Oh Rosie, that's not what the news said. Going on strike means, they're quitting." Explained my sister Mary.
We all gasp.
"Quitting? Why would they do that?" Hazel asked.
"Well, maybe it's cuz we don't gots no tickets to see them." Suggested Bonnie.
"That's it! That must be why they're quitting! I bet ya, if we can get some new tickets, we can save the Dummi Bears musical and the show, will go on!" I said boldly.
"I don't know, sounds like a big job." Said Bonnie, my friend appearing to look a bit unsure of this plan.
"Come on. It is our vacation, and I wanna see that Dummi Bears musical. And that's exactly what we're going to do, cuz when on vacation, you get to do whatever you want. So come on my friends, any Dummi Bears musical is worth saving if it means we'll have the bestest vacation ever. Are you with me girls?" I asked.
Bonni and Hazel put their hands on top of mine, and we all shook on it. Soon, it was time for us to eat dinner, which was pizza in our hotel room. Me and my friends split a cheese pizza, which was the bestest pizza ever! Then, it was time to go to bed, cuz my mommy toldid us that the nextest day, we'd be going to the Bronks Zoo. I didn't know what that was, but I knew a zoo was full of aminals. Hopefully, it wasn't far from Broadway, and we could pick up some hotdogs on the way.
We waked up the nextest morning to a sunny day, and after breakfast, we headed off to the zoo. As we were heading down the street in our strollers, I spotted one of the hotdog carts. It was at that moment, that I turned to my friends.
"Ok you guys, see that hotdog cart up ahead?" I whispered.
Bonnie and Hazel nodded.
"Just do what I do. When I give the signal, we run and grab the hotdogs." I said.
That's when I started crying and whailing at the top of my lungs. Hazel and Bonnie followed me, and just as the hotdog cart was about to come into view, our parents stopped to see what was the matter.
"Oh dear, what's wrong?" My mommy asked, checking my diapers.
"Hmmm, you don't seem wet. Let's get you a bottle." Said my mommy, as she started looking through the diapie bag that was under neath the stroller.
At that moment, when my mommy wasn't looking, I gave the signal, and we all hopped out of our strollers and ran towards the hotdog cart. We almost didn't make it, when the man on the other side of the cart spotted us.
"Hey! What are you little kids doing here?" Barked a huge man with big muscles and dark brown hair, standing across the hotdog cart.
Little did I know what Reggie had up his sleeve. He came up behind us and started talking with the man.
"Hey! Wanna see something amazing?" Reggie asked, as he wiped away some snot from his nose. Unimpressed, I turned and started at him, a wod of snot on his hand.
"Reggie, don't spoil our plan." I said.
By the evil look on his face, I could tell he was up to no good.
"No worries, I'm only here to cool you guys off. Here bubble gum head, allow me." Said Reggie, as he pulled a water balloon out of his pocket.
"Don't! Call! Me! Bubble! Gum! Head!" I screamed, as I snatched the water balloon out of his hand, and meaning to throw it in Reggie's face, I turned and accidentally threw it at the man across from the hotdogs.
"Hey!" Exclaimed the man in surprise, as the water balloon broke, covering him in water.
As he turned away to towel himself off, I used this opportunity to reach up to the hotdog cart, and grab several weaners. I quickly stuffed them into my diapie, just as my mommy grabbed me from behind.
"Rosie! What on earth?" My mommy asked, as she sniffed around.
"What is it Shannon?" Hazel's mommy asked.
"I swear my daughter smells like hotdogs, but I don't see any. We'd better get to the zoo. The day's wasting away." Said my mommy, as she put me back into the stroller, and soon, we were at the zoo.
"Did you get the hotdogs Rosie?" Bonnie whispered to me at one point while we were on our long stroller ride to the zoo.
"Sure did. They're in my diapie for safe keeping." I whispered back.
Soon, we were at the zoo. There were aminals everywhere, but the aminal I was looking for was big, gray, and peoples would ride them in the circus.
End of Rosie POV
"Hey I know, an elephant!" Tommy exclaimed, interrupting Rosie's story.
"Yes Tommy, it's an elephant." Rosie replied.
"So, what happened nextest?" Tommy asked.
"If you stop interrupting, I can tell you the rest of the story!" Rosie replied impatiently.
Rosie POV
As our mommies wheeled our strollers through the zoo, I spotted the elephants out of the corner of my eye. Determined to get over to them, I started frantically pointing at the elephants.
"I think Rosie's interested in seeing the elephants." I overheard Bonnie's mommy shout over the loud noisy crowd.
"Do you wanna go see the elephants sweetheart?" My mommy asked.
I nodded and smiled. Unfortunately, when we gotted to the elephants, we had an even biggerer problem. There was a fence, blocking our path.
"Now what are we gonna do?" Hazel asked.
"Don't worry, I'll get my sister to let us into the elephant place." I replied, just as Mary walked up to us.
"You think I'm gonna get you guys a ride on the elephant? Get real Rosie, nobody's allowed to go inside there, we're only allowed to look at the animals." My sister explained.
Disappointed, I looked around quickly, to see if there was another way in. Then, I got it! I'd climb in, get on to the elephant, and once me and the elephant broke out, Hazel and Bonnie could join me, and we'd head off into the city towards Broadway where we'd give our hotdogs to the Dummi Bears, getting tickets, and saving the show.
"Don't worry girls, I've gots a plan." I whispered to the others, as I climbed out of my stroller, and started climbing up the fence.
Luckily, Reggie had the other growed ups paying attention to him, as he had snuck a cookie out of another baby's mouth at the elephant sight, causing the adults to scold him for taking things that didn't belong to him. This luckily gave me enough time to put my plan into action. I only hoped we'd get away with this plan.
Soon, I was at the top of the fence, with a long drop below me. I looked next to me to see that Hazel had also climbed the fence, but Bonnie, who was afraid of heights, was still on the ground.
"What are you doing here?" I hissed.
"I'm here to help you. After all, we are bestest friends. Now, let's see if I've gots any food an elephant might like." Said Hazel, as she held on to the fence with one hand, and looked through her diapie with the other.
"Oooh! A peanut butter cookie! Perfect!" Exclaimed Hazel, as she held the peanut butter cookie high in the air, and started waving it around, hoping to get the elephant's attention.
Soon, the elephant was walking towards us. Once it came over, and it was sniffing the cookie, Hazel dropped it, and it started eating the cookie.
"Quickly!" I whispered, as we jumped from the fence on to the elephant's back. The elephant made a loud trumpeting sound, as it stampeded away, with me and Hazel holding on for dear life, as it crashed into the gate of the fence, prying it open.
"Yes! We're free!" I exclaimed, as we passed by several peoples in the zoo, who gave us funny looks.
I didn't care though. I was determined to get to Broadway and save that Dummi Bears musical if it's the lastest thing I did. Then, I heard a scream, as I turned and saw a strand of Bonnie's brown hair, as she toddled up behind the elephant, and grabbed on to its tail, being picked up off the ground, as the elephant ran in fright out of the zoo, carrying us into the streets.
How we gotted past our mommies and daddies is beyond me, but soon, we'd be on our way to get what we wanted.
"Help Rosie, help!" Bonnie exclaimed.
Turning my head, I noticed she was losing her grip on the elephant's tail. I carefully scooted towards the back of the elephant, as Hazel continued to cling on to the elephant's head for dear life, praying I wouldn't fall off, as I reached down to grab my friend's hand.
"Grab my hand!" I cried, as I reached down to grab Bonnie's hand and pull her up.
Soon, I had her on the back of the elephant with me, just as we were headed for a body of water.
"Uh, riding elephants, might not be the bestest thing to do right after breakfast." I heard Bonnie say to herself, as her face started to turn green, like she was getting motion sickness.
At that moment, she threw up all over the elephant, as we were sent overboard, into a body of water.
End of Rosie POV
"Uh, Rosie, sorry to interrupt, but I've gots to go potty." Said Tommy.
"Ok. Well hurry up, cuz this aventure is really getting good! We're getting closer and closer to the good part!" Rosie exclaimed.
"Don't worry Rosie, I'll be right back." Said Tommy, as he set the iPhone down on his bed, and ran off to use the potty.
And this, ends chapter 2. So, what's going to happen next? And will they ever get to Broadway and save the Dummi Bears musical? Find out, in the next chapter!
Author's Note: The song that Mary was listening to on her iPad, and what the other east coast toddlers were talking about, was a song called, Theme from New York New York by Frank Sinottra. And had this been an actual Rugrats episode, this song would have played in the background during the train trip, just as Vacation by the Go-goes, played in the background during the Rugrats RV trip to Los Vegas at the start of the Vacation episode. Two Rugrats episodes were referenced in this chapter. Family Reunion from season 2, and Mermer on the Ornery Express from season 8. And just to make a little correction, the train they road in the season 8 episode was actually called the Brendaltown Express, but I thought it would be kind of funny to have Tommy goof up when saying the name, saying it incorrectly, even though I dohn't think I ever heard any of the babies try to say the name of the train in the actual episode, though it's been a while since I've seen that one, so I could be wrong. And, as you could see, I'm having Rosie tell her story in Rosie's POV, but I return to normal POV if Tommy has a question or a comment, interrupting the story. With that, be looking for the next chapter, coming soon!