Let's Mooove!
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PET’s dashboard screen lit up in every color of the rainbow. Molly and Finn grabbed on to their armrests tightly. Even when you’re excited about something, you can still be afraid. The camper started to hum, then it started to shake. There was a near-blinding flash of white light, and they were off!
Molly squeezed her eyes shut, but she opened them when Finn called out. “Hey! Look!”
A flock of birds with royal-blue and reddish-brown feathers flew by the windshield. “Oh, those are eastern bluebirds,” Molly said. “Aren’t they beautiful?”
They sailed over a trio of waterfalls, fields of green, and trees….
“I think those are apple trees!” Molly cried.
“Look over there! Is that the ocean?” Finn asked.
“Wow, I think so!”
“Cool!”
But pretty soon the ocean wasn’t in sight anymore. All they saw were buildings, and more buildings, and even more buildings. And then the camper landed with a jolt.
Molly knew exactly what PET was going to say even before it said, “I’ll be back when your work here is done.” With that, the screen went blank. The camper doors swung open. Molly and Finn quickly undid their seat belts and jumped down onto the asphalt.
“Where are we?” Finn asked.
Molly looked around. They were standing in an alley, in the shadow of tall buildings. In the distance, there were muffled sounds of tires screeching and horns honking. When Molly turned toward the camper again, it had disappeared.
She looked over at Finn. “Uh, Finn,” she started. “You’re not going to like this.”
She pointed to something on her brother’s shirt.
Finn felt his heart beat a little faster as he looked down. Gone were his plaid pajamas. In their place were blue jeans and a white-and-navy-pinstripe baseball jersey.
“Are you okay?” Molly asked.
“I’m a traitor is what I am,” Finn said. He turned around. “What’s on my back?”
“The number two,” Molly said. “And then over that it says ‘Jeter.’ ”
“Ugh,” Finn said. “Jeter. One of the best shortstops in history and a five-time World Series champion. He played twenty years—for the Yankees!”
“The Yankees?” Molly asked. She’d heard that team name before. Finn had definitely talked about them. They were a good team…but where were they from?
Can you guess where Finn and Molly are?
Answer: New York.
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