"Well, I hope you enjoy your trip!" Simon told Seymore.

"I will. Thank you!" Seymore cried. Simon pulled him in for a hug. "I'm going to miss you!" he blurted.

Seymore boarded the bus. "Thanks, guys!" he told the other three people on the bus, cleaning his glasses.

"It was nothing," a muffled voice came from the floor. Seymore looked down and saw Brianna working the pedals. "Break!" Thomas cried. Brianna obliged. "So, who do you think's gonna get there first?" Thomas grinned at Seymore.

"I think that you won't have a chance!" Seymore cried gleefully, replacing his glasses on his face.

"When's supper? I'm starving!" Mollie cried. The others laughed.

"All in good time, Mollie," Brianna called up. "All in good time."

"Do you think that your dad suspects yet?" Thomas asked with a gleam in his eye.

"Not a chance." Seymore grinned.

"I really need that microscope!" Simon groaned. "I knew I should never have let Seymore borrow it! I guess I'll just go check his room." He started up the stairs.

When he got into Seymore's room, he started to search, then he stopped upon seeing a familiar piece of paper.

"I thought Seymore had turned this in!" he murmured. It seemed odd that Seymore would leave the permission slip, after seeming so eager to be going on the ride. He held it up to he light, to make sure his eyes weren't playing tricks on him, then saw something through the paper written on the back. 'He probably wrote it as a note in class to his friends,' he thought, turning it over. When he saw the writing, he gasped. It read,"They believed me! I got them to sign this permisson slip yesterday. Now I can race!' It was signed 'Seymore'.

After mentally noting the fact that Seymore had misspelled the word 'permission', he called Jeanette and showed her the paper.

Alvin was enjoying his breakfast when he received a call. "Hello?"

"Hello, this is Simon. Seymore has left." Simon did not sound very happy.

"So? You told me he had a field trip today. Miss him already?" Alvin's tone was rather sarcastic.

"No, he did not have a field trip today. He went on an adventure around the world. Without my knowledge. Where have I heard that before?" Alvin had the distinct impression that if Simon had been standing there, he would have been glaring at Alvin.

"So, I may have told him a little bit about our adventure. Big deal." Alvin shrugged, even though Simon couldn't see him.

"My son is missing and you're telling me big deal? My son could get KILLED and all you have to say is BIG DEAL?!" Simon was NOT amused. "We are going to go after him and FIND him!" Alvin gulped.

"We?"

"Yes. We. You started this mess, and you are going to FINISH it!" Simon's voice was shaking. Alvin had never heard him this mad. Of course, Alvin had never taken Simon's son halfway around the world, either.

As soon as Alvin hung up, he called Brianna. No answer. Then he remembered that she had asked to take a stroll in the park.

Wait. A stroll- it couldn't be. They wouldn't- Would they?

Alvin called Theodore.

"Hello?"

"Hi, this is Alvin. May I speak with Theodore, please?"

"Just a moment." A few moments later, Theodore came on the line. "Hello?"

"Hi! I know it's none of my business, but where are the kids?" Alvin hoped the answer wasn't what he thought it would be.

"They wen out to the park. Why?" Alvin groaned.

"They're not at the park, Theodore! They're on a trip around the world!"