A Really Hot Day!

A Really Hot Day！

It was a busy day in downtown Metro City. People hurried along the sidewalk. Cars and buses filled West Street. Rumble! Rumble! Suddenly the ground shook. “ Earthquake! ” a woman shouted. A large shadow fell over the street. Everyone looked up.

A man gulped. “ W-what is that?” Jack had a new Frisbee. Roxy and her friends were playing with it in Mara’s backyard. “ Hey, Mara, catch! ” yelled Jack. He threw the Frisbee.

Mara ran fast to catch it. “ Got it! ” “ Throw it over here! ” called Terrell. Terrell caught the Frisbee and then threw it to Roxy. She caught it and then threw it to Jack. Jack fanned himself with the Frisbee. “ It’s so hot today, ” he said. “ I wish wecould go swimming. ”

“ I asked my mom to take us to the city pool, ” said Mara. “ But she has too much work to do today. ” “ It’s too bad we can’t go to the new water park, ” said Terrell. " It's got water slides and a really cool wave machine. That’s even better than a pool! ” Mara shrugged. “ We can’t do anything about the heat, ” she said. “ So let’s justkeep playing Frisbee. Here, Roxy, catch! ”

Roxy caught the Frisbee. Then she flung it toward Terrell. “ Oops! Sorry about that, Terrell! ” she called. “ That was a bad throw. ” Terrell chased after the Frisbee. But he couldn’t grab it before it sailed over the fence. It dropped into a neighbor’s backyard.