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Eric May Mr. Mertz 7/8 B Story Washington D.C. Adventure Every other year, Joe’s family takes a vacation to Washington D.C. He always likes it, he gets to learn new things, and go to different places. Joe is 12 years old. He is an average student in school; gets mostly B+’s and A’s. He is mostly like other kids who go to his school; brown hair, green eyes. It was spring break, like most kids he was taking a vacation or going out of town. He woke up on Saturday morning around 5 A.M. by his little 8 year old sister screaming about how much fun it was going to be. She was also talking about how she had never been there, but of course she had but just when she was 6 years old so she could not remember anything. Like always they drive to the airport, go through security, get a little snack to eat while waiting: the usual routine. Finally, they get their plane called and they board. They were around the front this time. They arrived at the airport and got off, got their luggage. They then took the rental car to their hotel. It was the exact same hotel room as they have had on their other trips. They unpacked their supplies and went to go see the monuments. But they weren’t able to see much because it was already 4:47. The next morning they woke-up at about 6:30, so then they were able to see as much as they had planned. First on their agenda was to go visit the Washington Monument. When they got to the monument most people were on all sides of the monument except for one, which seemed suspicious to him. So he decided to go see what was on the other side. Once he got to the other side he noticed a brown square, somewhat taller than him. And around it was a glowing green border. And once he touched it, it sucked him in! The next thing he knew he was at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Not only that was weird but the fact that he was robbing the Bureau of Engraving and Printing! Joe was being chased by some of the military, some of the S.W.A.T team, Police and the security officers. He was running down the hallway, they were ready to shoot him when, another one of those doors appeared, he couldn’t afford not to give it a try and jump through it. All of the people chasing him crashed into the brick wall, like it wasn’t there. When he did jump through it, he appeared at Barack Obama’s inauguration speech on the steps of the Capitol. He appeared right behind Obama. He then walked into the crowd, people were confused but they forgot about it in about 20 minutes. Joe listened to his speech for about 45 minutes but had to find the door. After about 5 minutes of walking around throughout the crowd he found a back ramp. Then he climbed the ramp and on one of the sides of the Capitol was that same exact door. So he went through it not knowing what he will find on the other side. Once he went through it he appeared in the White House, in the Oval Office, in 1862, when Abraham Lincoln was President. Joe was baffled. But taking advantage of this he talked to Mr. Lincoln and asked him some questions and told him about what happened. He did that for about 2 hours. But after that he was done. Then the portal-like door appeared, this time it was on President Lincoln’s Desk. So he dove at the desk. But this time he hit the desk. His heart beating faster not knowing if he will be stuck in the year 1892 forever. He gave it one last try and he made it through. This time nowhere odd, back at the Washington Monument in the year 2008, his life just like it was. The whole rest of the trip he was wondering about how it could of happened and if it was a dream. But, however he was able to come up with no explanation.