by Richard Olds Pendleton (Ricky)
Written with Poppy’s help on March 7, 2009
Once upon a time, there was a little Lightning McQueen and he always wanted to win the race. And he always loved Mater, too. He loved Flo, Luigi, and Guido, too. Lightning McQueen liked his tires and he used them to race on the track.
Then one day, he woke up from his Cozy Cone and he had a cone car clock! In front of his house, Lightning saw Flo. So he went to get Flo snacks but when he got back, Flo was missing! If only he could see that Flo was getting gas. He had some flowers on his cover and he took them to Flo. Flo had a windowsill with a big table cloth on it where she put her flowers.
Flo decided to have a nap. When she woke up, she saw that her flowers were missing! She peeked out her door and she saw that Ramone was painting her flowers. Flo said, “He thinks that my flowers are his flowers!” Ramone decided to take a nap too. When he woke up he saw that Flo’s flowers were missing and Flo didn’t have them either!
Who had the flowers? It was Sally! She had all the flowers that she could find in Ramone’s store. She liked all of the flowers because girls love flowers.
One day in Radiator Springs, the cars were surprised when they had a new visitor. It was the Cat in the Hat. The Cat in the Hat ran all around everywhere and took all of the things they had. He even had a remote control for the Cat in the Hat’s car. He took all of Flo’s gas! Then a rainstorm came and the rain fell on the Cat in the Hat’s hat. And then a wind storm came and blew the cat’s hat off!
Then a bigger visitor came. It was the Tree in the Hat! The Tree ate all of the houses! But not Lightning McQueen’s Cozy Cone. All of the cars were not sad because the Cozy Cone was big enough for everyone. There was so much water from the storm that a stool floated on top of the Tree in the Hat. A flower came and took the hat off the Tree and gave it back to the Cat. Then the Tree ran away. Since the flower was still on the Tree, the Cat in the Hat ran away after the Tree. He wanted to save the flower and he did.
The End