Harry and Tom go to the Beach

L,

I’ve just received a telephone call from Harry and Tom. They called to tell me about the some of the things they had done with Henrietta and Thelma.

One day four bears drove to the beach in Henrietta and Thelma’s car. When they arrived at the beach they parked the car in the parking lot and they each took something down to the beach. Henrietta took the big purple umbrella. Thelma had the large beach blanket. Harry carried the huge red and green picnic basket. Tom had to use both hands to carry the cooler. They walked from the car to the beach. Once they got to the beach, Henrietta stuck the umbrella in the sand and opened it up. Thelma spread the blanket out in the shade from the umbrella. Harry and Tom put the picnic basket and the cooler under the umbrella and ran down the sandy beach into the ocean water. After swimming for a while they came back to the umbrella and lay down on the blanket.

As Harry and Tom lay under the umbrella, they heard the sound of an airplane. As the airplane flew closer, Henrietta and Thelma told Harry and Tom to come out from under the umbrella and look at the airplane. When they looked at the airplane, they saw that was pulling a sign. The airplane’s sign said, “WELCOME TO THE BEACH HARRY AND TOM”. All the people on the beach saw the sign and stood looking and pointing at the airplane. When some of the people around Henrietta and Thelma began asking who Harry and Tom were, Henrietta told them about Harry and Tom.

After the airplane left, the brother and sisters raced down to the water and had swimming races. When they grew tired of the swimming races, Thelma went back to their umbrella and returned with a beach ball. They played with the ball throwing it to each other. Sometime one of them would not catch the ball and would have to swim after it. By lunchtime they were both hungry and tired.

They swam back to the beach, walked on the sand to the big purple umbrella. Once there, they sat on the large beach blanket and opened the huge red and green picnic basket. Harry gave everyone a plate, a cup and napkins. Tom opened the cooler and asked who wanted pink lemon aid and who wanted yellow lemon aid. After everyone had something to drink, Harry handed everyone a peanut butter and honey sandwich. When they all were finished with their sandwiches, Henrietta opened the picnic basket and handed out apples.

After lunch when everything from lunch was cleaned up and put back into the huge red and green picnic basket they all took a nap. They were able to all lay on the large beach blanket that Thelma had carried from the car. When they woke up from their naps, they went down the beach close to the water and began to make a huge sandcastle. They spent the rest of the afternoon making the sandcastle. Finally it was time to go home so the four bears left the sandcastle. Do you think the sandcastle is still there? Can you draw a picture of the sandcastle?

Henrietta took the big purple umbrella. Thelma had the large beach blanket. Harry carried the huge red and green picnic basket. Tom using both hands carried the cooler. They walked from the beach to the car. After they put everything in the car and when each had their seatbelt on, Henrietta and Thelma said they had a surprise for Harry and Tom on the way home. Harry and Tom looked at each other and couldn’t guess what the surprise was. What do you think the surprise was?

The surprise was that they stopped at an Ice Cream store. When they went inside the store, there were so many different kinds of Ice Cream that it took Tom a long time to decide what type of ice cream to have. What is your favorite type of ice cream? What type of ice cream did Henrietta, Thelma and Harry have? What type of ice cream did Tom finally decide to have?

Do you think you could draw picture of a picnic on the beach? What color would you make the large beach blanket that Thelma had? Have you ever made a sandcastle? Maybe you could draw a picture of the four sisters and brother making their sandcastle.

Until next time,
Grandpippy