Harry and Tom Take an Airplane Home

L,

This morning I was sitting at the table eating my breakfast oatmeal. I had just finished making a face in the oatmeal with raisins for the eyes, nose, and mouth and nuts for the ears and cinnamon for the hair. Have you ever used raisins to make a happy face in your bowl of oatmeal? Well, I looked out the window and what a surprise I had. There by the new plant house were Harry and Tom. They walked all around the plant house, stopped and scratched their heads, looked around to see if they could tell how the plant house came to be in their back yard.

I hurried and finished my oatmeal. I rushed to the bathroom and quickly brushed my teeth. After dressing as fast as I could, I filled an oxygen tank and put it in the box on the back of my wheelchair. I put on my black coat, mittens, and hat. I rolled my wheelchair down the ramp in the garage and around the side of my house and came to a stop next to Harry and Tom. Just as I stopped my wheelchair, Dan, Charlie, Samantha walked up.

We all started talking at the same time, Samantha telling the two brothers how we wanted to give them a welcome home present. She told them how the four of us each drew a picture of how we thought the plant house should look and how we had made one plant house with the best ideas form the four pictures. Charlie told Harry and Tom how we asked the man at the store to send his helpers to build the plant house. Dan opened the door to the plant house and showed them the tables where the little plants could sit. I asked everyone to come to my house for snack of apples and cheese.

When we all were sitting around my table sharing a plate of cheese and apple slices, Harry and Tom started telling us about their trip home. Tom told us that when he and Harry talked about coming back home they had to decide if they would take the train or if they would fly on an airplane. Harry said he wanted to try flying on an airplane because he had never been on an airplane before. So they decided to fly home. Have you ever been on an airplane?

When the time came for them to go to the airport Henrietta and Thelma drove them in their car with the flowers on the side. Tom said that when they went inside there was a place to get their ticket and to leave their suitcases. After they did that, they walked down a hallway past a lot of shops and restaurants until they came to a place to sit. Harry told us how they sat and looked out the window watching the airplanes land and take off.

Soon it was time for them to get on the airplane that was to take them home. They gave their ticket to the person and walked down a hallway to the airplane. Tom sat next to the window and Harry sat next to Tom. When all the people had found their seats, the airplane took off in a huge rush. Harry told us that it was kind of scary because he felt pushed back into his seat. Tom said that he enjoyed looking out of the window watching the ground speed past. Tom told us how all of a sudden he felt the airplane lift up into the sky. He looked out the window and saw the airport building getting smaller and smaller.

After they had been flying for a little while, a man came and asked them if they wanted something to drink. Harry told us he had apple juice and Tom had orange juice. When they both had finished their juice Tom took some paper and crayons out of his travel bag and started to draw pictures of the airplane flying through the air. Harry said he was tired and so took a nap. Harry told us that when he woke up from his nap, Tom was looking out of the window at the clouds. Tom said he was just about ready to take a nap when the airplane pilot talked to them over the airplane speaker. She told them the airplane was just about to land.

Tom told us how after they got off the airplane, he and Harry walked for a long time to the place where the suitcases were. He and Harry picked up their suitcases and walked outside to the place where the taxicabs were. After the taxicab driver helped them put their suitcases in the trunk of the taxicab, they all got into the taxicab and came home. Tom said it was so late when they arrived home that they were too tired to unpack their suitcases. They just brushed their teeth and went to bed.

Harry and Tom said they were glad that they had visited Henrietta and Thelma. However, they were happier to be back home. Have you ever been away for a long vacation? Can you draw a picture of your long vacation? Do you think you can draw a picture of you flying in an airplane? What color would you make an airplane?

Until next time,

Grandpippy