The Lorax: pipsqueak goes to the fair

Chapter five

"So where you wanna go first, Pipsqueak?"
Jenny asked Pipsqueak, who was now of the messenger bag and clinging onto her shoulder.
Pipsqueak looked around and spotted the knock down game stand. Pipsqueak pointed there eagerly.

"We'll, looks like we're going there first, then!"
Onceler said.
"Let's head over." They went over to the stand. A kid and his parents just left from there, carrying a big stuffed rabbit they had just won.

"We're back to play, sir!", Jeremy said.
"Alright kid," Carl said. He then noticed Pipsqueak and frowned.
"What'a that bear doing here?"
"Oh, he'a just a pet", Jenny lied, smiling.
Carl just stared back with his bulging eyes and then just shrugged and said,
"Ah, whatever. Just go on and play.
"Well that went well. Jenny, let me get out my lucky throwing ball, I want to win with one lucky strike."

Jenny got out Jeremy's ball out and handed it to him. Jeremy turned and took a moment to deliver the perfect throw. Jenny and Pupsqueak watched with patient anticipation.
Finally, Jeremy threw the ball in one smooth fling. The ball flew a million miles a minute and hit the bottles with such force. But, the force knocked down only seven of the nine bottles. Jeremy groaned.
"Man! I'd thought I'd made it for sure."
"Sir can you sett it back up again? I want to have a shot", Jenny asked.

Without saying anythingCarl set the bottles back up. Jenny got the ball from Jeremy's hand and sizes up the bottle's distance. Pipsqueak watched closely at her moments. Then, Jenny took a big swing and threw the ball at the bottles with as much, (or more) force. Though unfortunately, the ball didn't knock down the all the bottles either.

Jeremy laughed at her.
"Looks like you can't make a single knock down , either."
Jenny turned and glared at Jeremy. Pipsqueak reached for the ball.
Kimmer asked,
"You want to give it a shot, too? Maybe you might beat both of us."
Pipsqueak took the ball and held it in his small hands.
The man set up the bottles again one morning
"You go, Pip", cheered Onceler.

Pipsqueak tried and sized up the distance between him and the bottles and tried to find a good position like he saw Jeremy and Jenny did. Finally, he threw the ball as hard as he could and it hit the bottles. Onceler, Jenny, Jeremy, and Norma gasped. Much to their amazement, Pipsqueak had knocked down all nine bottles.

Carl eyes bulged out even more at the sight of this.
"Wow, little bear! You sure know how to knock all bottles down with one shot. You win a prize, I guess."
Everyone cheered at Pipsqueak. Onceler swept up Pipsqueak and nuzzled his little head hard.
"You're the man, Pip!," Onceler said.
I've never Known a little barbaloot like you can throw like that."
Pipsqueak shrugged with a bright smile. He was pleased at himself for knocking down those bottles. He was happy with all the praise he was getting from his friends.

"Well", Carl interrupted.
"What prize the bears's gonna pick."
"Yeah. What prize you want to have?", Jenny asked Pipsqueak.
Pipsqueak looked at all of the different stuff that hanged on the wall behind Carl. Though a lot of the objects were interesting, he didn't find anything he liked until he spottted a deck of playing cards. It instantly reminded him of the games he would play with the Lorax.
Pipsqueak tugged on Jenny's sleeve and pointed at the playing cards.

Jenny laughed.
"Oh, you want those cards. Well, I'm not suprised since you like to play with the Lorax. He'll get those playing cards, please."
Carl got the cards from off the wall and handed to Pipsqueak.
"Here you go, bear. You all have a great time."
Pipsqueak smiled at the prize he just won. He looked up to see all the other attractions. He was ready to have more fun.

Next, they went over to the bumper cards. Pipsqueak got in a bumper car with Onceler. Pipsqueak noticed that there was a circle shaped thing inside the car.
"That the wheel you're looking at, Pipsqueak. It's what moves the bumper car. All you have to do is turn the wheel left or right. Say, how about you turn the wheel since you're good at throwing."
Pipsqueak looked at Onceler and smiled.
When the bumper cars began to move, everyone was bumping into each other. Pipsqueak was turning the wheel left to right. He bumped into a lot of other, especially Jeremy and Jenny a lot. Onceler and Pipsqueak laughed when they bumped into both Jenny and Norma at the same time. They both bumped the two of them back.

Jeremy spotted the roller coaster.
"Let's go on it. It looks so cool!"
Everyone agreed, but Pipsqueak was scared at the tall, menacing-looking steel structure.
Norma noticed the little barbaloot's fear and soothes him.
"It's all right, Pipsqueak. It may seem scary to ride, but it's much safer than you think, and you'll have tons of fun. It'll be like riding in Onceler's wagon on a steel hill. I'm sure you've experienced that a'plenty."
Pipsqueak fear melted away at Norma's words. The ride look much fun and less scary to him now.
"Come on, Pipsqueak. You can ride with me."

They soon got on the roller coaster and fastened the safety bars and belts. Norma made sure that Pipsqueak was extra secured. Then once they were settled, the roller coaster began. The ride was slow at first, until it began to go up the big steep hill, everyone's excitement growing as if for higher. When they reached the top, everyone froze with excitement, including Pipsqueak. He was higher than he had ever been in his life.

Suddenly, the coaster lurched down the hill at a rapid speed. Everyone yelled and threw their hands in the air. Pipsqueak especially yelled and paws in the air. Adrenaline wise rushing through him as he sped down the track. It felt like he was flying on a swomme swan. They suddenly made a huge upside down loop. Pipsqueak yelped with excitement. He felt whieghtess and light as he was briefly upside down. That part was the most fun to him on the entire ride. The ride had ended a few seconds later. Pipsqueak got off feeling very dizzy but was still animated by the adrenaline from the ride.

Afterwords, they played games, rode the Farris wheel, played more games, and ate marshmallows on a stick (Onceler and Pipsqueak had more than one). Pipsqueak also tried cotton candy for the very first time. It looked like a pink cloud to him and when he bit into it, he got a mouthful of hyper-sweetness, something he never tasted before. He ate the whole thing and got a belly ache and had spun sugar on his mouth. His tummy ached but was satisfied. Jenny picked Pipsqueak up and rubbed his tummy.

"Aww, have a belly ache, don't you? You seem very pleased, though." Pipsqueak moaned with delight, and Jeremy laughed. As they walked, they wandered by a big clown. He was wearing a huge yellow-and-red polka-dotted suit with a white grill, and had on a birthday- party- type hat. He was holding a bunch of colorful baloons. He laughed as soon as he saw them.
"Hello there, folks! Want ballon?" He said in the goofiest voice.

Onceler laughed but Pipsqueak on the other hand, was terrified by the clown and hid behind Onceler's leg. Onceler bend down and picked up the scared barbaloot and calmed him. Pipsqueak's face was buried in his shirt and was trembling.

"Hey, it's all right. He won't bite, he just want to get you a ballon. See? Look at all those balloons."
Slowly, Pipsqueak peaked at the clown, eyes still wide with fear, then he looked at the balloons. His fear shrank. How colorful they were, those floating circles. He stared to reach out to touch a red balloons. The plastic felt smooth on his paw. He smiled and pulled at the balloons.
"Ah, you want the balloon, huh?", the clown said in a friendly tone to Pipsqueak.
"It's all yours, little guy."

The clown gave the balloon to Pipsqueak, who was beaming with happiness. He chirped a thank you to the clown, and he tipped his hat.
Later, after a full day of fun, it was time to head on home. Pipsqueak fell asleep in Jenny's arms, a smile on his face and paws gripping his balloon. Onceler, Jeremy, and Norma smiled at him fondly.
"I'm very glad Pipsqueak sneaked along with us. The day was just much funner with him in it."
"You're sure right, Once", Norma agreed.
"You're sure right."
With that, they all loaded on the wagon and headed back for the Truffula valley.