The next day Uncle Tony bought me some ice cream. I liked chocolate of course. I licked the ice cream on the set. Today was hot and my sister was reading a teen magazine. Her name was Megan. she was seventeen years old and had a temper.
Come on man can i like walk to Quick Stop and get a soda. It's ninety degrees outside she complained.
Go jump in a pool, My uncle laughed. Very funny she grumbled and slammed the set door hard.
Let her cool off Wayne my uncle Tony joked her little sister shouldn't really be copying her anyways. It's summer let's let her be a kid.
I just kept licking my ice cream. Wayne shrugged and walked off to practice his lines. Big John and Little John were talking. Caroline was sitting in a chair reading her script.
Megan came back. She was holding a soda bottle. A Dr Pepper i guess. My ice cream was already done. I started to read one of those comic books Sid Krofft gave me.
Martha Raye was a smart old funny lady. She always said California was a hot state durning the summer. And very freezing in the winter. Her real name was Maggie cause everyone on the set called her that.
Megan shrugged and finished her soda. San Leandro gets hot bout eighty degrees or more.
The hours went by fast. Pretty soon it was lunch time. Megan took me to some burger place where we bought some food for everyone.
We ate our burgers and laughed. Everyone had smiles on their faces. Pretty soon it was six o clock in the evening
Hey you all want to come to our house for a barbeque Megan asked
Where do you live Caroline asked?
San Leandro I'll give the address Oh yea and wait till ya'll me our grandma she's a laugh.
Wayne shrugged Fine by me i guess he said.
Big John wasn't so sure I don't know like we have never been to San Leandro before.
Do you have any pets? Little John asked
Three cats a dog a turtle and a bunch of goldfish. Megan answered
Wow Little John said.
Come On Marty No alcohol Nothing bad is going to be served and you will all meet the family.
Yea Come on Tony said
Allright Marty grumbled
The next day Josh our cousin picked me and Megan up from L.A. and drove us home. We came home at about noon It takes six hours to come home. Zoey our little dog ran around in circles. Pumpkin our giant cat sat nearby. He was hungry. loose some darn weight. Megan yelled. Mom hugged all of us and asked How we liked it there. Megan said she liked L.A. but hated the heat. I rather live in SF than this she grumbled.
A few days passed and the Fourth Of July came. Pat our second cousin came. She was my grandpa's cousin. Megan was dressed in blue shorts and a white tee. The party started. Zoey didn't like too many people. She kept barking so we put her outside. The cats scampered except Pumpkin.
When Wayne saw our cat he was like wow is that a tiger or what. Even Martha was shocked. The fish tank was in kitchen. It was full of colorful goldfish, Outside a big garden.
We ate hot dogs and drank soda. We played with sparklers. Jerry my other uncle bought some cherry bombs. We used to blow them up in Mrs Fields yard till she called the cops.
In the end the party ended