¹     "Oh, boy!" Tommy said to his brother, Carl. "We're going on a train!"
 
²     Tommy Belk was now six years old. He really liked trains. He had never been on one! For his birthday, his family planned a surprise.
 
³     "We're going to drive up to the mountains on Saturday," Tommy's dad said. "Then we will take a train to the top!"
 
⁴     "Hooray!" Tommy squealed. "Thank you!"
 
⁵     Tommy woke up early Saturday. It wasn't even light yet. "Come on," he said as he shook his brother awake. Carl rolled over and covered his head with a blanket. "Go away!" he said.
 
⁶     Tommy gave up and went to the kitchen.
 
⁷     "You are up early!" Mom said. She was flipping pancakes. Pancakes were Tommy's favorite breakfast food.
 
⁸     "I can't wait to get on the train!" he said.
 
⁹     Mom smiled. Before long, the rest of the family came down. They ate breakfast and piled into their mini-van.
 
¹⁰     It was a two hour drive. Tommy could hardly stand it. He kept asking, "Are we there yet?" But Dad asked him to stop.
 
¹¹     Finally, they arrived at the train station. They went to buy their tickets. Mom's eyes opened wide. She whispered to dad,
 
¹²     "I didn't know Tommy's ticket would be full price!"
 
¹³     Tommy looked at the sign. The children's price was for kids five and under.
 
¹⁴     "Dad? Tommy asked as he pulled him aside.

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