"Now what does this say….."
Dear Stephanie,
Hello our love .This is mommy. We normally call you by phone, but we could never get a hold of you! You were, or at least we thought you were, out playing with all of your friends. Very good if you were.
We wanted to contact you anyhow because we bought you train tickets, so you can come and visit us! We have a month vacation from exploring the globe and we want to spend half of it with you. We would never try to take you away from Lazytown forever, but just for two weeks. It seems you get along fine with your uncle. And when he marries Bessie in October, she'll be your aunt!
So pack your bags! We'll be at the train station waiting for you at eight o' clock tomorrow! The tickets are right here, enclosed, and for you.
LOVE,
YOUR PARENTS
Sportacus prayed that she did rip the train tickets.
Of course, she didn't.
Sportacus was heartbroken. He couldn't let Stephanie go. Who would he be with? Ziggy only cared about candy. Pixel, video games. Trixie only cared about stingy and her attitude, and Stingy only cared about all of his stuff.
He couldn't tell Stephanie. He couldn't tell anybody. He couldn't tell himself. He couldn't tell himself to believe it, that is.
"I'll hide the train tickets." He said to himself. But what he didn't know was that he also said it to Stephanie, who was unknowingly behind him. She had snuck up the ladder to apologize. She wouldn't apologize now.
"Oh no you're not! I came up to apologize to you, and then I hear this…."
She made a funny face and a man's voice and said what Sportacus had just said about the tickets. Then she brokedown.
"Sportacus, I can't leave! I won't! You have to help me, I love my parents, but I wish they would come here instead-
"I know, instead of you going there, I get it. That's it! I'll write back, and say…you hurt your arm! And I'll persuade them to come here! We can definitely try that."
Sportacus and Stephanie hugged. But, will the plan work, or will Sportacus be left lonely for two weeks?