Chapter 2, Gotta Noodle Dance

Tommy POV

If you skipped over the first part of my big adventure, I went to outside space, where I met up with some pretty strange creatures. A green girl who could read minds, a robot guy with one eye, and a large blue guy with one eye who had parents tinier than me. The food didn't taste very good and I felt homesick, but I made it back to the planet Earth, thanks to some invention that guy with arms and legs sticking out of his head created. But when I got back to the planet Earth, I wasn't home, but rather, in some lake called Lake HuHaw, and greeted by an otter. So looks like my adventure isn't done yet, there's more to go! So come on, let's go, as I explore more new stuff.

End of Tommy POV

"Welcome to Lake Huhaw, I'm Peanut Otter," said Peanut.

"Hi, I'm Tommy, and I'm looking for my way home." Tommy replied.

"Well I've never seen you around here," answered Peanut.

"Wow, you can talk? Where I come from, aminals don't talk." Tommy replied.

"Everything that walks on land talks here," Peanut replied, scooping Tommy up out of the water, and taking him by the hand up the beach. They walked up the beach to find Jelly Otter.

"Hey, Jelly, look what I found!" Exclaimed Peanut.

"Wow, what is that thing?" Jelly asked.

"It's a human child named Tommy. He's lost and can't find his way home. Any ideas?" Peanut continued.

"This looks like a job for a noodle dance," Jelly replied.

"What's a noodle dance?" Tommy asked.

"It's how we do our best thinking." Jelly continued.

"Oh wow! Neat!" Exclaimed Tommy.

"I'll do some thinking, but no dancing." Peanut continued.

Everybody started to noodle dance, even Peanut joined in eventually, as he usually does, simply because he thinks he's a bad dancer, but in reality, he's a good dancer.

"I've got it!" Jelly exclaimed.

"What! What is it what?" Asked Peanut.

"Why don't Tommy just wish to go home?" Jelly asked.

"Hey, that's how my adventure started in the first place. Ok, I'll do it." Tommy said. He closed his eyes and wished to go home, but nothing happened.

"Um, nothing is happening Jel." Peanut said with a frown, as everyone continued to stand there on the beach.

"Well, maybe we should head inside and ask Aunt Nanna, she's always got good ideas," continued Jelly.

"That's a great idea Jelly!" Said Peanut.

Peanut, Jelly and Tommy all headed inside their house boat.

Tommy POV

I went inside a house boat, which was a house that looked like a boat that floated on the water. I met their Aunt Nanna, who was very nice, and exciting. She told Peanut and Jelly that when she left for home tomorrow, she'd take me in her hot air balloon, in hopes that where she lived, was closer to my home. I was ok with that, and didn't mind staying at Lake HuHaw for one night. I was already starting to like it better than that outside space place. Sure maybe the aminals talked and walked like me, but they seemed really friendly and nice, and nobody could read minds or lift me in thin air.

Just then, an otter closer to my size appeared. She introduced herself to me and told me her name was Butter. I told her my name and we went and played in the sandbox outside. We played pirates and later, I made a frog out of sand with the otters. After playing for a while, I told the otters I was getting hungry. Boy was I in for a treat!

First, the otters led me to a patch of some purple berries. They told me these were called BabbleBerries. I picked some up and tried them! Mmmm, delicious! Then, they showed me another fruit called Pompaloaps. They were green and yellow striped fruit that had to be cut open. We went back inside the house boat, where we were greeted by their large purple mommy Opal, who opened up the pompaloap and gave me a piece. Again, I was very pleased! Pompaloaps tasted kind of like apples, and babbleberries, all I can say is they tasted sweet.

We continued to play, and Peanut and Jelly introduced me to their other friends on Lake HuHaw. I met a raccoon named Pinch who liked to play ballerina and tea party, a beaver named Munchy who sort of reminded me of Chuckie, he worried a lot, and a duck named Flick, who loved eating BabbleBerry pie. I asked for a piece, but he was in a greety mood and wouldn't share. Everybody asked where I came from so I told them, and Peanut explained that their aunt would be taking me home the next day.

That night for dinner, I tried crawlfish ravioli for the first time, which was yummy, and I slept with Baby Butter in her bed. She let me sleep with her pillow Banky, which I learned it use to be a blanket.

The next day came, and I headed off in the hot air balloon with Aunt Nanna.

End of Tommy POV

"Ootilay," said Aunt Nanna as they took off.

"Ootilay," replied the otters in unison.

"Bye Tommy." Said Jelly, waving as the hot air balloon took off. Tommy waved back.

"Watch bird alert, watch bird alert," said Captain Crain.

"What is it captain?" Asked Conny.

"I just saw Aunt Nanna take off, carrying a human child!" Exclaimed Captain crain.

"You don't say. There are no humans around here. I think you've been looking through those binoculars for way too long," said Conny.

The hot air balloon continued to soar through the sky, over Lake Huhaw, past little towns and other places.

Tommy POV

We continued to soar through the sky in the hot air balloon. I had fun, looking down at the towns down below. They looked really small! Suddenly, a huge storm came.

"Oh dear!" Exclaimed Aunt Nanna, as the balloon started to fall from the sky. Suddenly, the wind was so strong, that it picked me up out of the balloon. I was soaring through the air, with nothing to grab on to. The balloon had disappeardid, and there was no way of getting back to it.

Next thing I knew, I was falling, this time, landing in the ocean. I was greeted by a boy and a goldfish wearing scuba suits.

End of Tommy POV

"Wow, looks like someone has joined us," said Stanley.

"Hi, I'm Stanley, and this is my goldfish Denis." Said Stanley happily.

"Hi Stanley, I'm Tommy, and I'm losted. I'm trying to find my way home." Tommy said.

"Well I don't know if you'll find your way home here. We're in the Great Big Book of Everything." Denis continued.

"We're learning about seahorses if you want to come with us," Stanley continued.

"If it gets me closer to home, then I'll do it," Tommy answered with a smile.

And, this ends chapter 2. Now that Tommy has left Lake Huhaw and has fallen into The Great Big Book of Everything, will he finally find the page that will take him home? We'll find out, in chapter 3.