Marlee Has An Idea!

Marlee really really wanted to go to that apple orchard. She just needed a way to get there. She could only drive the Ranger when Grandma B was with her, so she had to come up with something else. She was so disappointed, but she decided to think it over, and probably talk to Stashia about it when she woke up from her nap.

Marlee looked around the living room for something else to look at to take her mind off going to the apple orchard. Well, there on the couch was a magazine with a huge balloon on the front. She had had a bad experience in floating up in a huge bubble one day, and Stashia had saved her that time. She kinda got into trouble too. So she crawled up on the couch and decided to look at the pretty balloons. As Marlee turned page after page a little idea started to form in that cute little head of hers. It was major trouble. Once Marlee gets an idea, it's just pretty hard to stop her. Look at that face!

Marlee remembered that there were two girls that were tour guides when she was prospecting for gold. They were pretty nice. She kind of tilted her head to one side and said, "I wonder if I got a message to them somehow if they would get me on one of those big hot air balloons. The magazine pictures showed that even little kids like me could ride on one. (Probably should have an adult with you, Marlee, ahem...)
Marlee found her colors and started to write a message to the Texas cowboy that helped her on her gold prospecting adventure. He could get the message to those girls. She just knew it. She just told him to get those two girls to help her with a balloon.  She knew exactly where B kept her envelopes and stamps and drew a picture of a balloon on it and got on her horse and took it out to the mailbox as quick as she could.
Soon after she got back in the house, her mama came to pick her up to take her home. As they were driving out onto the road, the mailman was picking up the mail. Marlee's letter was on its way to Texas.
Well, my dear Marlee, I don't know how, but Orion actually did get that letter from you. He was at school with his Grandpa Brian having fun. He had taken the letter to school with him so he could give it to the girls. They were older than him, but he saw them at recess some times. Because they are good friends also, help is on the way.
As for Marlee, she is home thinking about a hot air balloon ride even more than those apples I'm afraid.