Marlee Has A Souvenir From Her Adventure

Grandma B had gone out to the kitchen to get Marlee's black hoodie if you remember, while Marlee had taken a picture to the lost and found closet. The Marleewood building was very old and as you know has many rooms. It has an upstairs that is just as big as the downstairs. At Christmas time there was a cat whose name was Felix that was working as part of a secret agent ring that hid up there.
Marlee was so very tired, but she thought she heard her Grandma B calling her. She sat up and discovered that while she was looking at things that were in this closet she had fallen asleep. She kind of grinned, but laid back down. She really needed a nap. She felt like she had been outside all day.

Mary Owens

Finally Grandma B noticed that the door to the Lost and Found Closet was open a little. There lay Marlee sound asleep on the floor. Just as Grandma B stooped over to wake her up, Marlee said, "Goodbye, Mrs. Owens. Thanks for the drink and the candy and popcorn. We had a good day, didn't we?"
Marlee's eyes fluttered open and she saw Grandma B with her hoodie in her hand. Marlee said, "Can we go to the Mini Farm now?"
Grandma B slowly said, "Sure we can, but what do you have in your hand?" Marlee looked down and saw an article from years ago that was on newspaper print. She handed it to Grandma B and said, "Mrs. Owens gave that to me."
It was an interview that Mary Owens had saved from her one hundred birthday celebration. (I will paraphrase it for you.)
In an article in the Humansville Star Leader dated Friday July 26, 2002 the reporter asked her what it was like to turn a hundred years old. People from the Greyhound Bus Company were there. Mr. Joe Taylor and Claude Adams both retired bus drivers and their wives had come to celebrate with her. For over 12 years Mr. Taylor had been one of her bus drivers when she went to Kansas City and other places too. Mr. Adams had gotten her a pass to ride on the bus for free. She would never have to pay for her rides again.
Mrs. Owens was one of the oldest passengers that rode the bus and therefore was given the nickname of Grandma Greyhound, Greyhound Granny etc.
Grandma B said, "Are you ready to go back to the Mini Farm now?" Marlee nodded her head, got into her black hoodie and fell asleep in the car on the way home.
Grownups sometimes don't understand that little ones are very keen observers. They know much more than they can relate to others. Marlee was one of those children. Sometime or another she must have seen something that had triggered this adventure.
What Grandma B did not see was a picture that had fallen on the floor of the closet. This may be a clue to a future adventure of Marlee's.
I am sure there were a lot of questions asked and discussions when they got to the farm. Perhaps someday there will be more stories about Marlee's hometown or other villages close by.
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A very special thank you to Pat Kelly, Linda Kenney, Johnna Lu Burrows, Tracy Mason, Patti Hutton, John Hopkins, Bonnie Brown, Teresa Shoemaker King and many others. Sharon Anderson was invaluable at the library for supplying the many written materials for me. Your input and stories made this series so much fun. You will be hearing more about Marlee's hometown in the future I'm sure.
As more information comes in it will be added for future generations.