“Gee Danny,” Chuckie said sadly, “I’m sorry. Sam told me and Tommy what happened to your hamster, and we was only trying to make you feel better, but I guess I made it worser, huh?”
Tommy, Chuckie, Sam, and Danny were in Tommy’s living room, sitting on the couch. Danny was still upset after what had just happened, but he was a little better now knowing that his friends were there for him.
Danny sniffed. “It’s okay, Chuck. This isn’t your fault, it’s mine.”
“How is this your fault, Danny?” Sam asked.
“Because,” he answered, “I said my summer couldn’t get any worse, and whenever someone says that, something bad always happens!” Danny suddenly started yelling. “I JINXEDS IT! I JINXEDS IT! AND NOW SPEEDY’S GONE!”
Tommy looked away from his playmate, at the remote control, then at the clock, and smiled. “I know what’ll cheer you up Danny!” he exclaimed, “Some good old Reptar epleesodes!”
Danny grinned. “Sweet! Well, what are we waiting for, Tommy? Let’s watch some Reptar!”
Tommy smiled even bigger as he turned on the television. “Hey!” Tommy exclaimed when the picture came on. “Where’s Reptar?”
“Maybe you gots it on the wrong channel, Tommy.” Chuckie suggested.
“It can’t be!” Tommy cried. “My Mommy always leaves the channel with Reptar on for me. And this is the time Reptar is always on!”
“How do you know?” Danny asked. “You can’t tell time!”
“When the clock points at the same two numbers I know Reptar’s on!”
“According to this,” Sam said, flipping through the TV paper, “a show called ‘The Rock Stars’ is on right now.”
“Ah, man!” Tommy groaned. “I forgotted it was summer! All the olderer kid shows are on right now!”
“Great!” Danny cried, jumping off the couch. “Just great! Reptar’s not even here to save my summer now!”
“Don’t worry, Danny.” Sam said cheerfully, as she put the TV paper back on the coffee table. “Your summer will turn around somehow!”
“How do you know, Sam?” Danny asked, madly. “I’ve been picked on by bullies, Tucker is in California, Speedy died, and now Reptar’s not on! I just wish our summer could get a little better.” He paused, and then continued. “I want you, me, even the babies to have a fun summer we’ll never forget! I wish we could all be part of the action!”
“Don’t forget the adventure!” Tommy exclaimed.
“Oh, and don’t forget the nice hole to crawl under if any of us gets ascared!” Chuckie cried.
“And it has to be fun too!” Sam added.
Danny smiled. “Yeah, we need something with all those things! Something like-,”
“Hello.” said a voice.
Danny turned around. He had forgotten that the television was still on.
A man on the television was sitting on a chair, with his hands folded on a desk. He had smooth, long, black hair tied in a ponytail and a long, curly, black mustache, blue eyes, and thick eyebrows. He wore a nice, black suit, with a tie and dress shoes. The man was also smiling, like he just won the lottery.
“My name is S.T. Sohg, and I have a question for you.”
“S.T. Sohg?” Sam asked, puzzled. “What is he, some kind of sponge?”
“Has your summer turned out poorly so far?” S.T. asked.
“Yes.” Danny answered.
“If it is, you must be very bummed.”
“Tell me about it!”
“Well, then do I have good news for you!” S.T. Sohg exclaimed. “Call this number at eight o’ clock tonight, and you could win eleven plane tickets to Lake Eerie! Kids twelve and under ride for free! Remember many will enter, but one will win!”
“We want something like that!” Danny exclaimed. “Quick, Sam! Grab me a piece of paper and something to write with!”
Sam ran into the kitchen, and a few seconds later she came out with a sheet of paper and a pencil. Danny quickly took them from Sam, and wrote down the number:
1-800- SUMMER-BUMMER
“Why are you so eggsited, Danny?” Chuckie asked, puzzled.
“Yeah, Danny,” Tommy exclaimed. “Why are you writing down that phone number?”
Danny finished writing, stood up, faced the babies, and smiled. “Don’t you see you guys? We can finally have a great summer!”
“With a television advertisement?” Sam asked with a puzzled look on her face.
“No!” Danny cried. “With this phone number! Didn’t you guys here what S.T. Sohg said? We could win eleven tickets to Lake Eerie! That’s enough tickets for all of our parents, including Phil and Lil’s and Angelica’s. Plus,” Danny continued, “we kids can ride for free!”
“Do we really have to invite Angelica?” Chuckie asked, nervously.
“Yeah!” Tommy exclaimed. “She’s my cousin!”
“What’s wrong with her?” Sam asked.
“She’s like a miniature Dash!” Danny explained. “But still, I have to agree with Tommy, she is family. We’ll have to invite her-,”
“Danny,” Sam cried, “there are a ton of people entering this contest. Just, how do you know if you’ll win?”
Danny smiled. “I have a hunch!”
“Yeah,” Sam whispered, so Danny wouldn’t hear, “because your luck has turned around so many times in the past two days!”
Tommy and Chuckie snickered.
“I heard that, Sam!” Danny exclaimed, staring at the piece of paper he held in his hands.
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