Sonora and Mom have a secret plan.

Sonora and Mom have a secret plan to go to New York without Dad and Merrill. The plan is trick Dad and Merrill. We're not going to tell them that we're going to New York; we're going to tell them that we're going to Chicago. That's sure to fool them.

Sad Stuart

Last Friday, August 14th, before any kids got to class, Lulu, our classroom mouse, started to twitch. Mr. Smith, our teacher, looked at Lulu. And, sadly, a few minutes after she started to twitch she died.

All the students were shocked by the news. Lulu was white with grayish and blackish spots. And the softest mouse I ever felt. Lulu was three--pretty old for a mouse--and sick, so it's not surprising she died.

Stuart, the other class mouse is sad. Stuart is just white with red eyes and almost as soft as Lulu. Today, Monday, he was acting kind of pitiful. He was curled up and kind of pouty looking. One time today, he climbed up on his water drinker and looked kind of pitiful. Really, Stuart was pitiful all day.

We're going to get a new class mouse for Stuart, so maybe he'll feel happy.