Jamie POV

"Oh my gosh I'm so excited we are going into town. I can't wait to spend my money and get something awesome." Jamie thought to himself "OK kids pair up and meet back here in two hours I have to do some grocery shopping." Mr. Johnson said. I had to go with Fox. I don't really like Fox very much. He is always so immature and annoying. He loved his action figures. He had so many in our room and he is so messy that it drives me insane. Anyway we had to go to the toy store so he could get his new toy with his money. I still wasn't sure what I was going to get. The last couple of times I couldn't find anything that I wanted. We were almost to the toy store when I saw him in the window. He wore a grey double breasted suit with a white shirt color and red bow tie. His chest was panted white, He had dark brown hair that was painted on his head and a chip in his lip so that one side didn't match the other and eyes the color of ice. A ventriloquist dummy. "Hold up Fox" I said. "Let's go in here for a second." "What?" He screamed.

"There's something I want to check out." I said. I walked in to look at the dummy. Fox begrudgingly followed. The shop was dim and there didn't appear to be anyone there. I went over to the dummy and picked him up. I pulled the string making his mouth move up and down. Moving my hand around I found the control that made his eyes move back and forth. He was great. "I don't like him." Fox said, "He's creepy." "No way he's awesome!" I replied. "Can I help you boys?" We both jumped. The shop owner was an older man with long white hair and a beard which kind of made him look like Santa. "Oh hi" I said "I was just looking at this really cool dummy." "Aw that's Slappy." the man said. "Old owner brought him in a couple of weeks ago and said he couldn't take care of him anymore." "Take care of him?" Fox asked. "I thought it strange myself." the man said, "So are you interesting in purchasing this exquisite dummy." "Yeah but I'm not sure I can afford him." I said. "I'm sure we can work something out." the man said. I ended up getting Slappy for a really good price. I even had some leftover money to buy a couple of candy bars one of which I stuck in Slappy's pocket to keep Fox from getting it. He wouldn't go near him. I hoisted him up on my shoulder proud of him. We met back up with everyone else. Ella had gotten a new pretty princess doll, Dominic had gotten her MP3 player, Will never got anything when we came. He always just put his money in a savings account.

"What you got there kid?" Will asked me. "This is Slappy" I said, "I thought he might give me an edge in my comedy act." "Oh it's funny alright" Ella laughed. "Aren't dolls for girls?" "Ella!" Dominic scolded. "Yeah" Fox laughed, "Hey Ella maybe yours and his should date or something." Ella's jaw dropped and she ran at him but Will caught her. "OK you two that's enough." he said as he set her back down. She glared at Fox clutching her doll closer. "Dominic sometimes I swear it you and I are the only mature ones in this groups." said Will. I was about to protest when Mr. Johnson pulled up. We all piled in.

When we got back we all helped bring in the groceries. Out of nowhere Fox grabbed Slappy out of the car and dropped him in the mud. I pushed him away. "FOX!" Dominic yelled as she grabbed his arm. "Say you're sorry!" she glared at him as she picked up Slappy from the ground. She can be scary when she wanted to be. I grabbed Slappy up and hurried upstairs to my bedroom with my new treasure. I set him up on the shelf next to my bed. I began to wipe the mud off. But something caught my eye. A card in Slappy's chest pocket. There was something written there in some weird language Karru marri odonna loma molonu karrano I read in my head. There was a knock on the door. It was Dominic. "Hey ignore him." she said. "Fox can be a real jerk sometimes" I said wiping Slappy off some more. "I really think Slappy will really help my comedy act." I said getting the last of the mud off his face. "I agree" she said "I know of a great ventriloquist comedian. He is hilarious." I picked the card up again. "Hey do you know what Karru marri odonna loma molonu karrano means?" I asked. "Um yeah it's Latin. It means you and I are one now." she said. "How do you know Latin?" I asked. "I read." she replied ruffling my hair. Suddenly there was a large crash. "What was that?" I asked. "I don't know" she sighed running from the room. I turned and put the card back in Slappy's pocket. As I did he winked at me. I froze for a second then turned away and ran after Dominic.