Arthur belongs to Marc Brown and American Idol belongs to Simon Fuller

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It was summer on a Saturday afternoon, Arthur’s parents had gone out to do some errands and will return for an hour, so they put Arthur in charge for his younger sisters D.W. and Kate. Arthur was told that it’s too hot to be outdoors it was 98 degrees, so they have to be inside so they won’t get a heatstroke.

“Can we please go outside to play?” D.W. asked.

“Sorry, but we can’t. Mom wants us inside it’s too hot to go outdoors it’s 98 degrees. She doesn’t want any of us to get a heatstroke.” Arthur told his sister.

“I’m bored.” D.W. replied.

“You can do something inside to keep you busy.” Arthur suggested.

“I’ll go watch Mary Moo Cow.” D.W. said.

She did went to go watch it. Ten minutes before Arthur’s parents return, D.W. almost sneaked to go outdoors when Arthur caught her just in time.

“Hold on. Where are you going?” Arthur asked.

“Going outside.” D.W. replied.

“I already told you, we can’t. Mom said so.” Arthur said.

“You’re not the boss.” D.W. replied rudely.

“Mom and Dad put me in charge of me and Kate, so they said you have to obey. Disobeying can result in punishment.” Arthur warned her.

Nine minutes later and a second before his parents came home, Arthur rushed right upstairs to the bathroom. That was when his parents returned. D.W. was watching one of her Mary Moo Cow videos. In the bathroom, Arthur’s been in there for quite awhile as Mrs. Read knocked on the door and opened it.

“Are you ok, honey?” Mrs. Read asked.

“Yeah, I just got the diarrhea.” Arthur said.

“Do you want some Gatorade when you come out?” Mrs. Read asked.

“Yes please. That’d be great.” Arthur replied.

When he came out twenty to twenty-five minutes later, he did have Gatorade. Then Arthur felt nausea as he rushed back upstairs to the bathroom as he started throwing up.

Mrs. Read came in and noticed that as she comforted him.

“It’s ok, I’m here.” Mrs. Read replied.

After he threw up, he was warm he had a fever of 101.2 degrees. He went to go lie down for awhile.

“You can put on your PJs, sweetie.” Mrs. Read told him.

“Ok.” Arthur said.

So he did that. He lied down for the rest of the afternoon. He didn’t want anything for dinner except for Chicken Noodle Soup. After he had that, he threw up again the soup came back up. He came down with the stomach flu after that.

The next day, he was much better. He had the radio on when he heard the announcements for American Idol.

“American Idol auditions will take place in the following: New York City on Tuesday, Chicago on Wednesday, Orlando on the following Tuesday, and Nashville on the following Wednesday. For the first time, there will be young kids ages 8 and up can audition.” The radio announcer said.

“Neat. That sounds exciting.” Arthur replied.

“And a great idea for you to do so.” Mrs. Read added.

“Really? I can try-out?” Arthur asked.

“Of course.” Mrs. Read replied.

“Awesome. Thanks, Mom.” Arthur said.

Arthur can hardly wait for that day in New York City.

TBC