"Mom, I am SO bored! All of my friends are on 

vacation,  My tablet is out of batteries.  I've read all of 

my books.  There's nothing on TV! I've already drawn 

everything I can think of, and Jenna won't make up her mind! 

She wants to play baby and school.  I wanted to play 

school too, but we end up playing baby!" I complained, 

barging into the room.  My name is Erika.  Jenna is my 

sister.   We are good friends.

"If you are that bored," said Mom, "then we will go 

on a bike ride. 

"Ugh! Fine!" I complained.

We got our helmets on. Mom looked over her 

shoulder and asked, "Are you ready for our great adventure?" 

The next thing we knew, we were in the jungle.

The jungle had lots of trees and vines, so 

there were not many trails to ride on.

We came to quicksand.   Luckily,

there were vines above us, and we swung

over it.

Suddenly, it began to rain.

"Mommy," said Jenna, "it's raining. How will we get 

umbrellas?" 

"Stay here," said Mom, and she vanished.   Jenna held on to 

my arm. When Mom came back, she had three palm leaves 

and three large sticks.  She made umbrellas for us.

 It began to get dark. The jungle at night is spooky and scary.

"Mommy," said Jenna. "It's dark and I'm scared. 

"It's not dark in China," said Mom.   

A rainbow formed. We rode our over it. Jenna was riding on orange. 

Mom was riding on green, and I was riding on purple!