Several days later, Arnold received some mail. It came all the way from Hawaii.
"Do you know anyone out in Hawaii, Shortman?" Phil asked as he handed Arnold the postcard.
"I haven't said anything about this, Grandpa, Mr. Simmons will not be with my friends and I any longer. He recently got a raise and promotion. His family thought it was a good idea he go to Hawaii to have some time alone," Arnold told Phil.
"So that's why you received a postcard. Do your friends know about your teacher is out in Hawaii?" Grandpa asked.
"Of course they do, Grandpa. We were at the airport to see him safely get on the airplane, so I'm sure he's having a blast," Arnold answered.
Once Phil left Arnold alone, he called Gerald and asked him to call their classmates to the boarding house. Gerald did what his best friend told him and passed the message on. After making those phone calls to their other friends, Gerald came immediately to Arnold's house.
Arnold answered the door after Gerald rang the doorbell.
"Hi, Gerald. Why don't you come on in?" Arnold said, opening the door a bit so Gerald could walk in.
"Hi, Arnold. I called the gang. They should be on their way. Why did you want all of us here?" Gerald asked.
Several days later, Arnold received some mail. It came all the way from Hawaii.
"Do you know anyone out in Hawaii, Shortman?" Phil asked as he handed Arnold the postcard.
"I haven't said anything about this, Grandpa, Mr. Simmons will not be with my friends and I any longer. He recently got a raise and promotion. His family thought it was a good idea he go to Hawaii to have some time alone," Arnold told Phil.
"So that's why you received a postcard. Do your friends know about your teacher is out in Hawaii?" Grandpa asked.
"Of course they do, Grandpa. We were at the airport to see him safely get on the airplane, so I'm sure he's having a blast," Arnold answered.
Once Phil left Arnold alone, he called Gerald and asked him to call their classmates to the boarding house. Gerald did what his best friend told him and passed the message on. After making those phone calls to their other friends, Gerald came immediately to Arnold's house.
Arnold answered the door after Gerald rang the doorbell.
"Hi, Gerald. Why don't you come on in?" Arnold said, opening the door a bit so Gerald could walk in.
"Hi, Arnold. I called the gang. They should be on their way. Why did you want all of us here?" Gerald asked.
"I'll wait until the others come so I can tell you all at once and I don't want to repeat it," Arnold answered.
"Makes sense to me," Gerald replied.
The two best friends waited in the living room and talked until their classmates arrived. Helga, Sid, and Harold all arrived to the boarding house at the same time.
"Hi, Helga," Harold greeted his classmate.
"Hi, Harold. You have some food on your face," Helga told Harold.
"Thank you for pointing that out, Helga. It's only chocolate cereal," Harold said as he licked it off.
"Did I get it all off?" Harold asked Helga.
She took a second look at him. Sid rang the doorbell.
"That's better. You always have food on your face, since you like to eat all the time," Helga told him.
She finished saying that as she, Sid, and Harold watched Arnold open the door.
"Come on in. Gerald's already here," Arnold told his friends.
After Sid followed Helga and Harold inside, Helga said, "Hello, tall hair boy."
"Hi, Helga," Gerald returned.
All of them heard the doorbell ring again. It was a good thing Arnold was still near the door. Arnold could hear Grandma and Grandpa in the kitchen talking, but Arnold couldn't catch every word in their conversation.
This time, everyone else were at the door, such as Eugene, Stinky, Lila, Rhonda, and Brainy. As usual, Brainy was right behind Rhonda. Like Helga, Rhonda didn't like hearing Brainy breathing so hard on her shoulder. Unlike Helga, Rhonda wouldn't shove him out of the way.
"Why did you call us here to your house, Arnold?"
Stinyk decided to ask that question before anyone else did.
"i got a postcard in the mail. It is from Hawaii," Arnold told them.
"Have you read it yet?" Eugene asked.
Like the rest of his friends, they saw the postcard was from Mr. Simmons.
"Not yet. I decided to wait until we're together so I didn't have to repeat the same thing," Arnold answered.
"Since we're together, you can read Mr. Simmons's postcard, football head," Helga said.
"Okay, Helga. Here's what Mr. Simmons says:
'Hello, Class. I made it to Hawaii without any delays or problems, which is a good thing. I already miss you all, but I hope the teacher who will be taking my place would be very special. So far I've seen sunshine here, but my family researched the weather while I'm here. They found out it was supposed to be sunny, but the weather could always change. I will write again soon. Mr. Simmons'
"At least God was guiding Mr. Simmons during this trip in Hawaii," Helga said.
"True. No matter where we are, God is always there," Arnold agreed.
"I hope Mr. Simmons would be having fun without anything going wrong," Harold said as he let out a loud burp.
"Excuse me," he added.
"I never been to Hawaii yet, but maybe I'll get the chance to visit someday," Rhonda spoke up.
"Of course you will, Princess. You live in a wealthy family, so you can travel whenever you want," Helga replied.
Rhonda didn't respond back. It was Lila's turn to speak.
"What Mr. Simmons said in that postcard, I think he has a point our new teacher would be a special person. I'm sure it will take us time to get used to not having Mr. Simmons around."
Everyone agreed to what Lila just said.