They drove down Hartford Road, crossed Elbo Lane passing Hartford School on the right. In minutes, they were at Alyssa’s house.

As Mom unpacked the food, the kids decided to discuss their Burlington County project. Nina suggested, “Let’s use cooperative learning like we do in school. I’ll do the transportation timeline.”

Ryan agreed saying, “Okay, I’ll do the poster showing the government in Burlington County.”

Alyssa gladly volunteered to find information on Burlington County’s education.

"Now that we have our visuals, we can figure out our oral report on the history without a problem,” Nina said.

"We can use the things from the trunk for our props!” Ryan shouted.

The three friends looked at each other and knew that Mrs. Flynn would absolutely love their project.

One week later, it was time for Nina, Alyssa and Ryan to present their report. They stood in front of the classroom with the trunk by their sides, and started their speech. Alyssa reached into the trunk for their first prop. When she pulled out the stinky, black and white fur…

The classroom began to spin...and spin…and spin. Hand in hand, with eyes shut tightly, they spiraled down…down…down…until…