The next day had finally came.
After having breakfast, Kimmer and Onceler got the wagon and Melvin ready to head to the fair. All they needed to do was wait for Jeremy and Norma to come, which they were sure won't take so long.
Eventually, Norma and Jeremy finally arrived. Onceler and Kimmer went over to greet them, and so did the Lorax, Pipsqueak, and some other animals.
"Hey, you guys are here! Me and Cricket been waiting for you."
"Hey, Once!" Norma smiled with a sweet and pretty smile and hugged reached up to hug Onceler. They looked each other in a seemingly fond, romantic type of way.
Jeremy snickered.
"Ow!"
Kimmer jabbed Jeremy in the arm and gave him a stern look.
Pipsqueak and Lorax rushed over to Norma.
"Hey, Poppy! Long time no see. Nice to see you too Buck eye, despite mostly beating me in poker yesterday."
"None taken", Jeremy smirked.
Pipsqueak threw himself onto Norma and hugged her tightly. Norma smiled big and cuddled the little barbaloot.
"Pipsqueak! How's my little ball of fur doing."
Pipsqueak chirped on response with happiness as she ruffled the hair on top of his head.
Onceler smiled and agreed,
"He sure is one cute ball of fur to me, too."
He turned to the kids and said,
"Y'all ready to go?"
"You bet we do!"
Jeremy whopped with joy!
Norma laughed and nuzzled her brother's head.
"Alright, hold your horses, we're going!"
Pipsqueak looked on longingly. They looked so excited and happy to go to the fair. He wished so badly that he could join them, and be happy and excited with them, too.
Lorax went over to Pipsqueak, assuring him,
"Don't worry, Pipsqueak. They'll be back soon, I'm sure. Until then we'll have plenty of fun. Want to play a game of poker?"
Pipsqueak ignored Lorax and Lorax just shrugged and say,
"Well, suit yourself. See you later, guys!"
He waved them goodbye and walked off.
Pipsqueak looked at Kimmer, smiling and taking to Norma, then at Kimmer, who looked bright and happy. Pipsqueak sighed. If only there were some way to sneak off with them to the fair...
Wait a minute. Suddenly, He noticed that Kimmer head a messenger bag sat behind her against a truffula tree trunk. Immediately had an idea; he would sneak into Kimmer's bag and would go to the fair with them in there. That way, he wont miss out on the fun.
But first , he had to make sure that no one was watching. He looked side to side, behind him, and at the others to make sure no one was looking. Then he decided to make a move toward the bag. As he took the first step, he heard a questioning chirp behind him, and he turned around to see Lou looking at him. He chirp questionably again.
Pipsqueak shushed him and looked to see if everybody noticed. He gave Lou some of his marshmallows he had from Onceler and shooed him away. Satisfied with the offering he ate a marshmallow and walked away without incident. Finally, Pipsqueak could make his move.
Quitely, he tiptoed quickly towards Kimmer's bag. As he made it to the bag, he looked up to Kimmer to make sure she wasn't looking and, slowly and carefully, Pipsqueak opened the bag and slide inside, closing the bag with it slightly opened so he could breath and see.
Bingo! He had made it into the bag! Pipsqueak just had to stay quiet and as still as possible so Kimmer wounding notice he was in her bag. A moment later, Kimmer, finally reached for her bag and slung it around her shoulder. Luckily, she didn't seem to notice any weight difference with Pipsqueak inside the bag.
"Alright, we're ready to go",
Onceler said.
"Bye, Mustache! Bye, Pipsqueak! Pipsqueak?"
Onceler didn't hear or see Pipsqueak anywhere. Onceler thought he'd come straight to him to say bye, but he knew that he was too sad to answer him. Onceler frowned a little, feeling sorry for the little Barbaloot.
Like reading her brother's mind, Kimmer said,
"I feel bad for us leaving Pipsqueak. I know he really wanted to go with us."
"I know, Kimmer."
Norma put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"But we'll see and have fun with him later. Plus, we'll also bring him back a lot of marshmallows. He'll be fine, I promise."
Kimmer didn't answer right away, but said,
"Okay, Norma."
Jeremy interrupted,
"come on , Let's just go already! I'm getting excited."
"Alright, guys. We're heading off now", Onceler said and with that, he gently slapped the reins against Melvin's back. The wagon started to move. Finally, they were heading off!
But little did they know that Pipsqueak was hiding in Kimmer's messenger bag, quiet but very excited.
Pipsqueak was finally going to the fair with them. Of course he never been to a fair in his life before, but he was more than thrilled to go and experience it. He was going to have plenty of fun!
To be continued...
