Why We're Here
As Scotty was reading, Mrs. Brown opened his door and said that Jimmy Powers was on the front porch.
Ready for some activity, Scotty put down his book and hurried out to see his friend. Because it was still raining, the two boys stayed on the porch to work on model planes. Jimmy had brought his P-38 with him. Scotty worked on a B-52 bomber he was putting together.
Throughout the afternoon, Scotty and Jimmy worked on their model planes. The rain continued — sometimes hard and sometimes gentle.
But the boys stayed nice and dry on the big porch. They talked about how much fun it would be to actually fly in the planes they were building. Neither boy had ever flown in an airplane.
As they worked together on their models, the boys shared glue and stickers and dabs of paint.
Finally, late in the afternoon, Jimmy finished his plane. Scotty wasn’t finished with his big bomber, but it was late and Jimmy had to go home.
Mr. Brown brought a big cardboard box out on the porch so Jimmy could carry his plane home without getting it wet.
Carefully, the two boys lowered the P-38 into the box, and then Jimmy raced off down the street, splashing through puddles of rainwater.
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