A Little World
A Little World A Little World Chapter 1 TO CALIFORNIA Jack was supposed to be packing. Instead, he was trying to get to the next level of his game. He had spent hours playing already. "Jack," Mom said from the doorway of his bedroom. "For the last time, turn off the game and pack your bag. And can you please pick up in here? Your room is like a pig pen." "Okay, okay," Jack grumbled. He turned off the game. He put his suitcase on the bed and started piling clothes into it. Mom said, "T
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A Little World
A Little World
Chapter 1 TO CALIFORNIA
Jack was supposed to be packing.Instead, he was trying to get to the next level of his game.He had spent hours playing already.
"Jack," Mom said from the doorway of his bedroom."For the last time, turn off the game and pack your bag.And can you please pick up in here? Your room is like a pig pen."
"Okay, okay," Jack grumbled. He turned off the game.He put his suitcase on the bed and started piling clothes into it.
Mom said, "Thank you. We're leaving for the airport in 20 minutes.We'll be at Aunt Karen's in California tonight."
Jack nodded. He was excited about going on the plane.He loved machines. But he wasn't so sure about staying at Aunt Karen's.At least Mom was letting him bring his games along.
But Mom had also said they would spend a lot of time exploring the outdoors.Jack was a little worried about that.He wished they were going to explore a factory that made electronic games instead.
Well, Aunt Karen lives right on a beach, he thought.At least building sandcastles will be fun.
Chapter 2 AT AUNT KAREN'S
That night, Jack and Mom settled in at Aunt Karen's house.Jack was glad that at least she had a TV and a computer and not just a shelf of nature books.But when he poked around looking for video games, there weren't any.
Jack looked out the window toward the beach.Well, it's too dark to see the sand now, he thought.But I'll get to go there first thing in the morning.
The next morning, Jack ran downstairs.He couldn't wait to see the beach. "Good morning," Mom said."We thought you were never getting up!"
"Hey, there's the ocean!" Jack said as he walked by a big window.He stopped and stared at the waves crashing along the shore."But where's the beach? I just see a bunch of big rocks."
"That is the beach," Aunt Karen said.
"Oh, so there's no sand?" Jack said. "Nope," Aunt Karen said cheerfully.
Well, I guess I can forget about building sandcastles, Jack thought.He tried not to look too disappointed.
"But we can go down right after breakfast," said Aunt Karen."It will be low tide then so we can check out the tide pools."
"What are tide pools?" Jack asked.He wanted to be polite, but he didn't really care that much.
