“Wow,” Tommy’s best friend Chuckie Finster cried, “that’s just sad!” He was playing a game called ‘Don’t Drop the Ball’ in the Pickles’ backyard with Tommy and Sam. The point of the game was to catch the ball as many times as you can without dropping it. Tommy made the game up. The high score so far was four in a row.
“So, Danny just came home from my house yesterday, and then he finded out that his hamster died?” Tommy asked, trying to catch the ball but missing.
Sam nodded. “He called me last night to tell me about it. I think he might’ve been crying.” She caught the ball when Tommy tossed it to her.
“Danny was crying?” Chuckie asked, missing the ball once again, and watching Tommy run over to retrieve it.
“That is sad!” Tommy cried.
Sam nodded again. “Right! That why when Danny gets here, we’ve gotta be extra nice to him! Play any games he wants to play, and whatever you do,” she continued, “don’t mention anything that will remind him of you-know-who!”
“Who?” Tommy asked.
Sam sighed. “The hamster Tommy!”
“Oh, right! Got’cha!”
Just as Tommy said that, Sam noticed Danny was in the Pickles’ house. “There he is!” she cried. “Act natural!”
Tommy started bouncing his ball, while Chuckie took his glasses off and cleaned them on his shirt. Sam didn’t have anything to do, so she quickly leaned against a tree that was in Tommy’s backyard. She made it to the tree just when Danny shut the sliding glass door.
“Hey, you guys!” Danny exclaimed.
“Hi’ya, Danny!” the three of them replied.
“What’s new?” Chuckie asked.
“Nothing really.”
“Oh. Well, what’cha wanna do?” Tommy asked.
“I don’t know.” Danny answered, looking around. “Do you wanna play in the sandbox?”
“Sure, sounds like fun!”
The four of them walked toward the sandbox. When they got there, Danny asked, “What are you gonna build Tommy?”
“I don’t know!” Tommy exclaimed. “I guess I’ll dig a hole to New Seal land!”
“Why there?”
Tommy shrugged. “To meet all the seals!”
“What are you gonna build, Danny?” Sam asked.
Danny paused for a moment. “I’m gonna build a sandcastle!”
They started working with the sand. When Danny finished his work of art, Chuckie exclaimed, “Wow, great sandcastle Danny!”
“Yeah,” Sam complimented, “very nice!”
“I don’t see what the big deal is you guys!” Danny cried. “It’s just a sandcastle!” He didn’t get why they were being super nice to him all of a sudden.
“I know Danny,” Tommy said happily, “but it’s a big sandcastle!”
Danny waited a few minutes before asking, “So, do any of you guys want to do something else?”
“Sure!” Tommy exclaimed.
“We can do anything.” Sam said. “We could play tag, or hide and go seek-,”
“Or your favorite game,” Chuckie interrupted, “silent speedball!”
Danny suddenly burst out crying and ran into the house.
“Wait a minute!” Chuckie cried, running after Danny. “What did I say?”
Sam stopped Chuckie by putting a hand on his shoulder. “His hamster’s name was Speedy!”
“Well, you could’ve told me!”
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