Dear Matthew,
In April you sent me to California to meet up
with your cousin Rachel. I couldn’t tell
you when you put me in the mail, but I had a mission that was SO secret I
didn’t have permission to let you know who was picking me up at the Post Office. I received a lot of training when I arrived –
SUPER secret agent training!
At first I was put in a
scanner to learn how to travel through email.
It was AMAZING!
Then I received special
training to discover fun places and to make sure people knew how to enjoy
themselves. Probably the most important
training I received was how to wear a disguise.
I needed to keep myself secret sometimes. It was part of the job!
After a long three weeks of
exercise, eating good food, studying, and tests, I was ready to meet up with
Rachel before she scanned and sent me to my next location.
We went to the beach…and it
looked like a great place for fun.
We checked out the signs
and made sure people could find the fun.
We visited a Fire
Department to make sure they were ready for any emergencies.
Next we went to a Farmer’s
Market to taste some good food. I loved
the blue skies, the warm weather, the people and the tall Palm trees!
YUMMY! My training told me these were good and my
belly agreed!
It was a good trip to California and then I was off to North Carolina to see their beach! I was
placed in an email and off I went! The
only difference when I first arrived was that Carolina Beach
was getting ready for the tourists to arrive for Memorial Day weekend. I was told I had to keep secret because the
Mayor said the people would get too excited if they knew a secret agent was
taking pictures.
I understood.
So I put on my Captain America disguise…
…and saw lots of fun
places!
YAY!
My training didn’t prepare me for how delicious
these donuts would be. It was really difficult to wait in line but they were so
good!
Once I checked that all the
signs and life guard stands were ready for all the people coming to the beach
for fun, my job was done.
Can you see my shadow? Shhhhhh…..
Once I arrived in the Washington, DC
area I went to a National’s baseball game!
The GEICO Gecko was also at
the game. I went to shake his hand and he tried to eat me. That’s when I
realized this was not the GEICO Gecko I see on TV. I used my special training to plan my
escape. It was risky but I got away!
It’s a good thing I was
able to get out of that gecko’s mouth unharmed because I still had quite a bit of
fun checking to do! The very next day I
arrived here:
…to go sailing!
You’ll be happy to know that YES it was so much FUN!
All this checking for fun
around water reminded me I should also probably check swimmers were getting
ready. I went to a swim class and was happy to see they had done a great job!
We even took a picture together.
That night, I remembered my
training taught me how important a good night’s rest is to keep doing all sorts
of fun things. So I went to bed and got some good sleep. The next day I met up
with a friend I that I made while training in California.
We went to a Hockey game! I
was taking pictures and making sure everyone was having a good time. I know I
was and so was my friend!
After celebrating a win at
the Hockey game, I knew I wanted to visit with a friend who was also happy
about something she had just finished winning. Since I wanted to do something
nice with her, I got a dog walking job for a day to earn a little extra money.
Since the dog I had to walk
loved carrying something in her mouth, I hid in a newspaper bag and talked to
her the whole way. She was very gentle.
With the money I made, I went to Starbuck’s to meet
up with my friend.
She had been very sick but
she just came back from the doctor and was so happy that she was healthy
again. We were celebrating the good news
and she let me try on one of her wigs.
She said I could keep it to
add to my collection of super secret agent disguises since she wouldn’t need it
anymore. I thought it was too big but I
said thank you and gave her a big hug because I was so happy!
That is the end of my trip
visiting fun places and fun people by myself. While you were at school, I
went into your strawberry patch to pick some berries and am keeping an eye on
the milkweed plants for more Monarch caterpillars.
The wasps are proving to be
a little scary but I’m ok. I have my
secret agent friends with me. Did you know when you get into a scanner, you can
multiply yourself?
Thank you for sending me to
California.
It was a great adventure in learning about scanners, emails, text messages, and
time travel. I had a lot of fun making
sure people had things to do in so many different places on the West Coast and
East Coast but I can’t wait to spend the rest of my time with you. You are a pretty awesome scooter rider and
really good friend!
Flat Stanley
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Blessings for your day,
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