There once was a group of legendary kids called the Asian Posse. There were 3 girls (Jenny, Helen, and Michelle) and 4 boys (Alex, Gary, Joseph, and James). They liked traveling the world together and causing mayhem, but then they fix it up afterwards.
One day, while the Asian Posse were sleeping, Alex made a decision to go annoy people in India.
"Listen!" Alex yelled, "Let's go over to that small island in Australia called India!"
"How are we going to India when we live on the
archipelago of Hawaii?" Helen asked, "You have so many issues! And India is in Asia, by the way."
"Um, hello, we ride a plane, duh," said Gary.
"But, um, hello, Gary, we DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY!" yelled Jenny.
"Yeah, Gary. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY!" Joseph shouted.
"Yeah, Gary," said Michelle.
"Yeah, Gary," said James.
"Yeah, Gary," said Helen.
"Yeah, Gary," said Alex.
"It was all your idea in the first place!" they all shouted at him.
"Geez. Calm down!" exclaimed Alex, "Why don't we just stow away on a plane? We don't need any money for that."
"I wonder what goes into your thick head these days," mused Michelle, "Have you ever thought about the fact that if we get caught, we could possibly go to jail? Or even worse, they could throw us out of the plane? And what about the person that checks for our plane tickets? Huh? Did you ever think about that??"
"As a matter of fact, I did! You see, all of us are pretty small, except for Michelle, but-"
"Hey! That's not very nice," exclaimed Jenny.
"Well, it's true...........," Joseph said. Jenny and Helen slapped him. "But it's not nice," Joseph revised. "And don't hit me so hard," he mumbled.
"Anyway," Alex began, "you see, we could pay someone to stuff us into a breathable, large enough suitcase and then when we're in the plane, we could hide."
"But won't we be put into the luggage part?" asked Gary.
"So? It'll still be going to India," James said.
"I like it!" exclaimed Joseph.
"Ok, it's great that we're all having a moment, but who is going to bring 7 kids in a suitcase on a plane to India illegally for just like, 100 bucks?" asked Jenny.
"Actually, altogether we have like, $3000," James said.
"Yeah, but we still need money for food and other stuff, and we'll need to buy lots of maps and translation books and stuff," explained Helen.
"We also need a taxi to the airport and a hotel room. But with the boys, we'll probably need 2," Michelle added.
"And if the person that helps us get to India actually gets us there, that person has to bring us home, which is another $100," Jenny told them, "And like I said, either way, nobody is going to help us get to India."
"I guess I was wrong," Jenny said from the inside of a huge suitcase, her voice muffled by someone's knapsack. "People in America are stupid and dangerous these days. I mean, who would do this thing for only $75?"
"And can you believe they specially design these suitcases for people to stow away?" Michelle asked in disbelief.
"Personally, all I care about right now is if Gary would move his foot off my head!" exclaimed Helen.
"They even have air holes!" Michelle continued, ignoring Helen.
"I think we're on the plane," Alex whispered.
"Did we go through the luggage check?" asked James.
"I don't think so," Gary answered.
"Maybe because we were too big to go on the conveyor belt," wondered Joseph.
"Whatever. The plane is starting to move. Let's get out of here," Helen said, "Gary's feet are making me dizzy."
"This is so not my idea for hiding in a plane," Jenny mumbled angrily. "I mean, can't you have picked a better spot, Alex? Anywhere besides here. I mean, the bathroom? How can you pick THE BATHROOM?"
"So we won't have to sneak around every time we need to go," explained Alex.
"But won't people get suspicious that his bathroom is always *in use*?"
"Don't worry! I put an *Out of Order* sign on the door."
"But there's no room and no privacy!" complained Helen.
"No problem. We'll just all look out the window!" Gary said.
"Who puts a window in a bathroom?" asked Michelle.
"Please put on your seatbelts," announced the pilot, "We are getting ready to land."
"Hey Alex, who was the guy that got us on the plane?" asked James.
"Oh. He was a professor," Alex explained, "At first he wouldn't do it, but when I told him why he was happy that we wanted to learn about the world at such a young age. He told me he'd help us get back home, too. But he said he was really busy, so in 1 week we need to meet him back at this airport. He also told me that a
subcontinent is part of a continent but is geographically different. India's on a subcontinent! How cool is that?"
"Um, not very because we already learned that in Social Studies," they kindly said to Alex.
"We have arrived!" Alex yelled, "My plan worked!"
"So far," they mumbled.
Jenny's Journal of Adventures
India
Day 1- We arrive at India. With our "wonderful" luck, we arrive during a monsoon storm. By the way, according to Alex, a monsoon is this seasonal wind that blows over the northern part of the Indian Ocean. Whatever. Thanks to the monsoon, our "wonderful" luck, and Alex's stupid idea, we're now stranded at the airport. It's very boring. Michelle and Helen are arguing about who likes who, Alex is chatting with Joseph and Gary about something I don't understand, and I've beaten James at Speed like, 20 times.
This stinks. One day of exploring already wasted AT THE AIRPORT. I wonder where we're going to sleep tonight. Maybe they have backup mattresses that are CLEAN. And they're memory foam Tempurpedic ones. And we can have one for each person.
Oh no. James wants to play cards again. Please don't let it be Speed, please don't let it be Speed.
Oh. It's VC.
Day 2- Apparently, Alex's brain is smaller than it looks. I know plenty of crazy people, but none of them want to TRAVEL ACROSS INDIA AND BACK IN ONE WEEK!
"Well, technically, it's 6 days," the boys say. I don't even know what to say!
And you know where we are now?? Stowing away on a train, IN THE BATHROOM. This is like, becoming a trend, or something.
I told Alex that we could ride the train, since we actually have the money. But you know what he said? He said that the money was for "emergencies only". But you know what REALLY makes me mad? A few hours ago, at the train station, I caught him BUYING A HOT DOG. FOR A SNACK. So, I want you to ask yourself: How is buying a hot dog for a snack an emergency, but stowing away on a train in THE BATHROOM is not?? And take a few minutes, too. I'm pretty sure you'll agree with me that the opposite is quite true. Well, that's why now, me, Helen, and Michelle are in charge of the money. Well, actually everyone is in charge of their own money, we're just like their bank accounts.
Finally, the train has stopped at the station. I'm gonna go eat dinner because I'm starving. Everyone else is, too, except for Alex because he had a hot dog.
And you know what? I just remembered. At the airport, we didn't sleep on mattresses. We slept on pieces of carpet. And when I woke up, Joseph was drooling on my arm.
Day 3- Right now we are in the Deccan Plateau train station. Looking at all the posters, it makes up most of southern India. It also has mineral deposits, and forests where elephants roam. I NEED to go there. This is a total emergency. I'm gonna convince everyone to go. Right now, when the morning rush hasn't started.
Well, we kinda did go. And we probably shouldn't have. Those elephants were HUGE! And, well, since we were looking at this cute baby elephant, we didn't notice we were between it and it's mom. So she charged at us, and we all dodged it, except for Joseph, who got caught up in the mom's trunk. I think she was scared, so she started running around. Poor Joseph. I think he hurt his ankle, she was holding onto him so hard. Then the park ranger came. We nosed out of it by giving him some money, but that was really scary.
Also, I think we're the last people in the train station. The night guard really bothers me. And do you know where we're staing for the night? IN THE BATHROOM. This is becoming a very scary trend.
Day 4- You might be wondering why we're taking such a long time. Well, the Professor called Alex on his cell and said that due to the monsoon storm, his schedule was thrown off, and he was staying in India for 12 days instead. Which means that we have to reach the Himalayas in 2 more days. No pressure, or anything. I'm just saying.
So, now we're in a tourist village in the Northern Plains, which is between the Himalayas and southern India. Since it is the rainy season, the Northern Plains are now flooded. Which means that all this sediment, minerals and debris, are all at the bottom of the Plains. Which makes the land good for farming next season.
At the tourist shop, I bought a jute bag. It's a bag made out of this fibrous plant, used to make other things, too. I LOVE IT!
Day 5- I can't believe it! We made it! We made it to the Himalayas! We made it BEFORE our goal! The Himalayas are these mountains close to India's border.
But for every good thing, there's a bad thing, too. Gary was trying to kick me while hiking, but instead he kicked some kind of animal, and it bit him and wouldn't let go. So when James and Alex were trying to pull it off him, the animal's friends came and bit them, too. They were walking around with animals hanging off their legs until we found a park ranger.
We also saw the delta, which is WAY to the east of India. A delta is a triangular deposit of soil at the mouth of a river. It didn't look all that cool. Just a little wet pice of land.
Day 6- Last night we stayed at the Himalaya Country Lodge. Finally, somewhere that's not a bathroom. It's another monsoon storm, so we're stranded here. I've spent like, half the day reading about the Taj Mahal. It's this palace made of marble and these other jewels this man built as a tomb for his late wife. I'm so bored, I'm desperate for something to do.
Oh my gosh, the professor just called! He said for us to meet him there tomorrow! How are we going to cross India in 1 day?
Day 7- Well, we made it. We're finally on the plane. And we're hiding out because we officially have $500 left. And do you know where we are? THE BATHROOM. What can I say? I've given up.
Alex was right. Good thing we saved the money. We rode a small jet back to the airport in like, 3 hours. I need to trust him more, but it's kind of hard when his love for bathrooms is so strong.
"We're home!" Helen screamed.
"Yes! We made it!" everyone else screamed.
"I told you!" Alex sniggled, "I told you! I told you that we could get on the plane! I told you we could get across India in one week! I told you to save the money for emergencies! I told you we could get back home! I told you, and I was right!"
"Yeah, ok Alex, we get it," Joseph, James, and Gary told Alex.
"But, um, thanks to your so-called "brilliant" idea, we only have like, $500," Michelle pointed out.
"That'll only last us probably a month!" Jenny exclaimed.
"Nooooo!" the boys cried, "Does that mean we have to go get a job and start begging again?"
"Yup, have fun!" Helen giggled. "Blame Alex, not us."
"I wonder what's up with Alex and bathrooms," Michelle said, leaving the boys to whine to Alex.
"I don't know," Jenny replied. "I guess that's another adventure we need to make................"
THE END
