The next morning, Susie’s dad started painting her black room walls with different colored, polka dotted circles. But before her dad painted the polka dots, he had to paint the walls white. Susie was so excited about her room, she kept walking in while her Dad was painting. So, her Mom had to take her to Tommy’s house for the day.
When Susie got to Tommy’s house, Chuckie was waiting for her. “Hi’ya, Susie!” he exclaimed. “Has your Daddy finished painting your bedroom yet?”
Susie smiled, assuming that Didi had told them that she was coming, and shook her head. “He only just started painting awhile ago. He thinks you’re a good drawer, Chuckie!”
Chuckie smiled. “Danny and Tommy are upstairs talking to Sam and Tucker on the speaker phone.” he said.
“Who’s Sam and Tucker?”
“Some of Danny’s friends from school. They come to play here all of the time. Tucker’s my playmate!” He paused, then said, “You can come talk to them if you want!”
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“That’s pretty cool, you guys!” Tucker exclaimed. “I was hoping Chuckie would find something to do that he isn’t scared of!” He was staying at his uncle’s house for spring break.
“So, has Chuckie been doing anymore drawings?” Sam asked. She was visiting some old friends of her parents for a few days.
“Yeah.” Danny replied. “He drew one picture yesterday, and two today. He seems to enjoy it. Plus, he seems to like Susie Carmichael a lot.”
“Who’s Susie Carmichael?”
Tommy answered Sam’s question for Danny. “Susie’s my new next door neighbor! She moved up here ‘cause her daddy’s job moved here from a different town.”
“Wait a minute!” Tucker exclaimed. “Jobs can move to different towns?”
Tommy was about to say something to Tucker, when Danny interrupted. “I’m not going to explain it again Tommy.” he said. Then he continued. “Anyway, I think I hear footsteps. We’d better stop talking about ‘you know who’ now.”
A few seconds later, Chuckie and Susie entered Tommy’s room.
“Hi’ya, guys!” Susie exclaimed. “What are you doing?”
“Hi’ya, Susie!” Tommy greeted his new neighbor. “Me and Danny were just talking to our friends Sam and Tucker. Do you wanna say hi?”
Susie smiled and nodded. “Sure, why not?”
Tommy scooted over so Susie and Chuckie could have a spot to sit on the floor. “It’s on speaker phone, so you don’t haves to picks up the phone.” he explained.
After a couple of brief introductions, Susie chatted with Sam and Tucker for a few minutes. “I can’t wait to meet you guys in person.” she said, happily. “You both seem very nice.”
“Thanks, Susie!” Sam exclaimed. “You seem very nice too!”
“Thanks, Sam!”
Didi came upstairs to check on the four of them. “Okay, kids! It’s time to get off the phone!”
Danny smiled at her. “Okay, Mrs. Pickles. I’ll be downstairs in a second!”
Chuckie, Susie, and Tommy said goodbye to Sam and Tucker, and toddled out of the room.
Once Danny was sure his friends were out of earshot, he said, “Okay, you guys, I have to go downstairs, but before I do, I have a couple of things to tell you.”
“Go ahead, dude!” Tucker said, excitedly. He knew when Danny had something important to say just to him and Sam, it meant business. Fun business that is.
“Okay.” Danny glanced back out of Tommy’s bedroom door just to make sure the babies weren’t listening in. They weren’t. “First of all, since Chuckie is into artwork now, Mrs. Pickles is taking us to an art museum later today.”
“That’s so cool!” Sam exclaimed.
Danny nodded, even though his friends couldn’t see him doing it. “The only thing is, is that the babies don’t know yet. Mrs. Pickles said I’m not allowed to tell them.”
“Why?” Tucker asked.
“I don’t know. To surprise them I guess.”
“Anyway,” Sam interrupted him, “what else were you going to tell us?”
Danny grinned. “I think we have a new ghost group member!”
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About an hour and a half later, the four of them were on their way to the art museum. Stu and Didi Pickles had already told them they were going after lunch. As promised, Danny pretended to be surprised.
Danny, who was looking out the car window moments before, glanced at Chuckie, who was sitting two seats away from him on his left. He was holding a small, red folder with both hands, and grinning excitedly. Didi had been to this museum before, and had told the kids that there was a Children’s Art Center where people posted up the kids artwork on the walls.
Chuckie was looking forward to it, and hoped that at least one of his three pictures would get picked.
When they got to the museum, and found a good parking spot, the four kids were looking forward to see what kind of artistic creations were waiting for them. Chuckie was practically trying to pull Didi across the street. He was so excited.
“My goodness!” Didi exclaimed, surprised. “Chuckie, dear, slow down! Any minute your going to pull my arm out of its socket!”
Tommy, who was holding Stu’s left hand, glanced at his mother worriedly.
Danny smiled at his playmate from Stu’s right. “It’s just an expression, Tommy.” he explained.
Tommy grinned with relief, and quickly nodded.
Soon enough, the six of them entered the doors to the art museum. The babies stared around in awe. There were sculptures, drawings, and paintings everywhere. It was like someone took all of their imaginations out of their heads, and created it into a place full of color. They had never seen anything like it.
Chuckie was smiling all over the museum. He enjoyed the fact that something he loved to do was all in this one big place. He stopped looking around when he spotted a picture that really caught his eye.
“Hey, Danny!” Chuckie called out. “Come here!”
Danny quickly hurried to where his friend was standing. “What is it, Chuck?” he asked.
Chuckie pointed to the painting he was looking at. “Who’s that girl in that painting?” he questioned.
Danny glanced at who Chuckie was talking about, and smiled. “That’s the Mona Lisa.” he answered. “But this is just a copy of the painting. The real one is somewhere else in the United States.”
Chuckie tilted his head, trying to look at the picture from different angles. “Really?” he asked. Then he paused. “Wait a minute! Her name’s the Moaning Lisa, but she’s not moaning.” He paused again, then walked off to take a look at the next picture. “That’s inneresting!”
Danny was a little surprised by what Chuckie had just said. He had never said something was ‘inneresting’ in his whole life! Danny shrugged it off, thinking it was something he was saying because of his new hobby, and pulled his museum directory out of his left vest pocket. He walked over to where Didi was and told her he was going to take a look at some of the paintings.
Didi smiled and nodded. “Alright.” she agreed. “Just stay where I can see you, Danny.”
“Thanks, Mrs. Pickles!” Danny exclaimed.
He quickly opened his directory, and looked at the column where the paintings were. Danny soon decided to take a look at the painting called ‘The Scream’. He had never seen that one before. He quickly walked down the hall.
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