Simone's Travels
Simone's Travels Simone's Travels The winter holidays were not turning out the way Simone had hoped. Simone was stuck at home. She had been stuck at home for a week. Outside the wind was blowing and the rain was beating down. Lindy, Simone's best friend, had gone away to Florida to visit her grandparents. Matt, her classmate who lived across the street, had gone to Arizona to visit his dad. Simone was bored. "I don't know what do to!" she told her mom. "Practice your clarinet!" her mom rep
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Simone's Travels
Simone's Travels
The winter holidays were not turning out the way Simone had hoped.Simone was stuck at home. She had been stuck at home for a week.Outside the wind was blowing and the rain was beating down.
Lindy, Simone's best friend, had gone away to Florida to visit her grandparents.Matt, her classmate who lived across the street, had gone to Arizona to visit his dad.
Simone was bored. "I don't know what do to!" she told her mom.
"Practice your clarinet!" her mom replied. Simone picked up her clarinet.Misty, the cat, took one look at Simone and bolted out of the room. Simone sounded awful.She just could not get her fingers to move fast enough.
"I can't play!" Simone frowned.
"Read a book," her mom suggested.Simone picked up a book about monkeys and looked at the pictures.
"Mom, where could we go to see monkeys?" she asked.
"Maybe a rain forest," her mom replied.
"Or Africa," Simone said, looking at a map in the book.
"Or Asia," said her mom. "We could see them in the zoo!"Simone looked at her mom hopefully.
"We can't go to the zoo, Simone. It's raining."Simone slumped into a chair by the window."I wish we could go somewhere!" Simone said.
"Why don't you get out your colored pencils and paper and draw?" her mom asked.Simone's face lit up. Drawing was one of her favorite things to do.
"Maybe I could draw pictures of all the different places I'd like to go!" she grinned.
"That sounds like a good idea," her mom smiled. "I'll make you some hot chocolate."
Simone spread out her supplies. Misty curled up at her feet.
Simone smiled and thought of being on the road to Grandma's farm in Wisconsin.She loved her grandma very much.Any time she visited, it was sure to be fun.
Simone imagined looking out the car window at all the landmarks they passed on the way to Grandma's farm.She would watch the green fields dotted with cows and look for the tall red water tower.She always knew they were close when they passed Carlson's Pond.
Simone loved to sit with Grandma and listen to her stories.Grandma talked about life at the farm before Simone's mom and Uncle Bruce were born.
