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You’dthinkthatafterhearingMomandDadtalkaboutTheTripforayear,I’dbeeagertogo.ButIdidntevenwanttothinkaboutit.“Arentyouexcited?”askedDad,lookingupfromhislaptop.“Thisisthetripoflifetime.IllbetnoneofyourfriendswillbedrivingacrosstheUnitedStatesthissummer.
Exactly,Ithought.NobodyIknewwasgoingtopileintoanoldvan,anddrivefromCaliforniatoNewYorkandbackin58days.Fifty-eightdays!Thatwaspracticallymywholesummer!ButIknewitwasuselesstoprotest.
WhenDadwasofferedasummeroffforthefirsttimeinhiscareer,hesaidthathedalwaysdreamedofdrivingacrossthecountry.Soweweregoing.ThiswasDadschance.
Ipickedupmycat,Max,andburiedmyfaceinhisfur.Hepawedatmyearsplayfully.Good-bye,summervacation.Good-bye,divingatthelake.Good-byetohangingoutanddoingabsolutelynothing.Good-bye,Max.Iwasgoingtomissthisballoffur.Iputhimdownandlaughedashebattedabuttonacrossthefloorlikeasoccerplayer.Hewasinterestedinallsmallobjects.
ThecloserTheTripgot,theharderitwasgoingtoignore.ThickenvelopesarrivedfromplaceslikeIndiana,Tennessee,andArkansas.Nightafternight,Momanddadhuddledaroundthecomputer,plottingeveryinchofour8,000-milejourney.
Threedaysafterschoolgotout,TheTripwasfinallyhere.Everythingwaspackedandreadytogo.Momsaidthatweweresupposedtoleaveat9a.m.Butwhendadnoticedawetspotunderthevan,Irealizedwewouldntbegoinganywhereforawhile.Dadcrawledunderthevan.Carpartsspranguparoundthevanlikemushrooms.
Minutesturnedintohours.BythetimeDadgaveMomthenews,itwaslateafternoon.“Ifixedtheleak.”saidDad,“ButnowIcantfindoneofthethefanbolts(螺栓).”Momorganizedasearch,butinvain.
Paragraph1:Dadcalledthestoresbutnonecarriedtheboltthatfittedthisoldvan.