“Grandfather,tell me about your adventure on the truck again!”
“Now,Junior,I’ve told you that story a thousand times. And besides,it was years ago. A young man like you should be out seeking his own adventures.”
“Oh,Grandfather,I don’t think I’ll ever have any adventures of my own!”
“You will,Junior. And perhaps sooner than you think!”
The very next day,Junior woke up early. “Off to find adventure!”he declared.
Then he woke up his parents and asked them to drive him to a very special place.
Junior’s parents drove and drove,for 316.5 miles or so.
Finally they arrived at the world-famous Pro Football Hall of Fame and Museum. Junior was so excited,thinking that his adventure would begin now.
But no one was there. Everything was empty and quiet,and no special trucks to be seen. Junior began to cry.
But then,he saw something:
It was a hot air balloon! Junior loved hot air balloons,so he stopped crying. Then he saw more.
“This must be a sign,”he thought,“It’s the start of my adventure! We must find where these balloons are coming from!”
After parking,Junior walked toward the source of the balloons. And walked,and walked,and walked. Finally,he arrived.
“So this is where the balloons are being launched. There sure are a lot of people here.” Then,he saw it:
“The Truck!”Junior exclaimed,and ran up the stairs and inside.
Once inside,Junior ran over to the LittleBigPlanet area where some children were seated in front of a big screen. Were they playing “The Tower of Woop”? Or maybe “Crashy Bashy”?
No,they weren’t.
“The Serpent Shrine?! Oh,no,this isn’t LittleBigPlanet 2,”cried Junior,“I can play this at home!”
One of the children turned to Junior. ”But we can’t,’cause we don’t have PS3s. Today is our only chance to play.”
Junior felt very bad for his outburst. He had forgotten how fortunate he was. Even the big plastic Sackboy seemed to look on him with disappointment.
Junior’s eyes filled up with tears as he ran out of the truck and back to his parents’car.
Back at home,Junior told his grandfather the whole story.
“Did you get to take a long car ride?”asked Grandfather. ”Yes,”said Junior.
“Did you see hot air balloons?”asked Grandfather. ”Yes,”said Junior.
“And did you learn a thing or two?”asked Grandfather. ”I sure did,”said Junior.
“Well,that sounds like an adventure to me. I know you wanted to play LittleBigPlanet 2,but sometimes we have to wait a bit for the things we really want.”
“I know you’re right,Grandfather,”sighed Junior,“and I’m sorry for being impatient.”
“You remind me a lot of myself at your age,”said Grandfather. ”Oh,and by the way: while you were gone,a couple of kids named Gabe and Tycho called to invite you to their big party next month…”
[TO BE CONTINUED]
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