The Adventures of Bill the Orange By Justin Heidebrink
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There was an orange named Bill that was relaxing on a tree with his orange friends on a nice summer day in Georgia. Suddenly, he was pulled out of the tree by the humans along with a bunch of other oranges and put on a plane. Bill was dropped off in a place called California. Bill had heard of the beaches in California, but he never knew what they looked like. He had no idea of what he would do next.
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Later, Bill was put in a market to be sold. Then he heard a voice, “Hi”. Bill turned over to his right, and there was another orange standing next to him. “Hi”, Bill said. “I‟m Tom” he said, “I‟m Bill, nice to meet you” Bill said. “What are we going to do here?” said Tom. “I‟m not so sure, but I don‟t like it. Lets get out of here” Bill said. “We‟ll do it when nobody is looking.” Tom replied.
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When it got darker, the people slowly left. Tom woke Bill up and said “Is it time?” Tom came to him and said “Yup”. They both got out of the shelf and slowly hopped over to the entrance of the market stopped to rest. “This is going to be a long time to get out of here. Should we go to the trolley? I‟ve seen it around here before.” Bill said. Tom replied, “sure”.
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After a while, they both continued hopping out around the city towards the trolley. “There it is!” Tom said. They hurried over to the trolley. “It‟s closed. Bill said. “We‟ll have to wait till morning. I‟ll keep lookout tonight.” “Do you like surfing?” Tom asked. “No but I would like to.” Bill replied. “We should go to the beach sometime. Do you want to?” Tom asked. “Sure.”
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While Bill was keeping lookout, Tom was resting. As the sun rose up Bill said “Tom, wake up, it‟s time to get on the trolley.” “Alright” Tom said. There was a platform under the trolley that they both got under it so nobody could see them.
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They had both been waiting under the trolley a long time before it started moving. Tom and Bill both didn‟t know where they were going, they just hoped that they were going towards the beach to surf. He wished he was in his tree with his friends again. Finally, the train stopped and some people got off and Tom said “Let‟s get off and start hopping again.”
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They‟ve been hopping for such a long time Bill felt like rolling down the hill instead of hopping. There weren‟t many people on the road, maybe because it was Sunday. Bill had the courage to say “Can we stop to rest?” “Sure.” Tom said. They stopped to rest near to what looks like a party. “Oh great, them again” Tom said.
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There were some bad apples that said, “You‟re not allowed past this place, this club is only for apples.” the biggest apple said. “We‟ll just go away then.” Tom said. “We can‟t let you do that, you might tell other fruits to come here. We must discipline you so you won‟t tell anyone.” the other apples said. Suddenly, they all heard a loud sound, almost like a cry. Then they were swooped up by an banana away from the bad apples. When they landed at a far distance, the banana introduced himself. “Hi, my name is David. What‟s yours?” “I‟m Bill and this is Tom.” “We should find some shelter. It‟s getting dark.” David said.
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Bill and Tom both asked if David wanted to surf. David didn‟t know what surfing was. It was a nice Monday morning when they all woke up. “We should start moving if we want to get to the beach in time before the rain comes.” David said. “How do you know that?” Bill asked. “I looked on somebodies phone.” David replied. Tom and Bill were surprised that he could do that. “Let‟s get moving” David said.
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Bill, David, and Tom were hopping for what seemed like forever until David said, “There‟s the beach!!!” They found a few small surfboards and headed for the water. “This is awesome!!!” Bill said. “I see the storm, it‟s coming pretty fast. Lets go inside this restaurant”, David said.
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It was pouring rain outside while David, Bill, and Tom were safe inside. All three of them were staying inside for about three hours when it started to clear up. “I see it clearing up�, Tom said. They all went outside and started surfing again.
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Later that day, Bill, David, and Tom talked about making a living here. “HEY! We could start a surf board stand or a diner just for fruit”, Bill said. “That sounds great!!!” replied Tom. Its been a few days later and Bill, Tom‟s, and David‟s surf shop and diner had been incredibly successful. Everybody called it „BDT‟s surf shop and diner. “I love this place”, Bill said. “We‟ll build on this friendship guys”, Tom said. “Now who wants a smoothie?” David asked.