Dear Eleanor Page #3

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"But I was thinking

"maybe someday you and your friend Ellie

"can come to visit me

at my home in New York.

"Sincerely, Eleanor Roosevelt."

Now you look like you came from New York.

- Don't forget to check the mail, by the way.

- All right.

Guess what? Okay, I wrote

a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt

to get an autographed picture for you

and she wrote me back,

and she wants to meet us, so pack your bags

because we're going to New York!

We're going to New York!

Gee whiz!

...rainfall have left many homes

in the metro area knee deep in floodwater.

Power was out for three hours

in eastern metro

because of downed hydro-fines

and police report at feast 200 accidents.

No injuries were reported.

The search for escaped prisoner Frank Morris

and the Anglin brothers has been called off.

The three escaped from Alcatraz

five months ago,

but no bodies have been recovered.

I don't know why

I said those things to my mother.

I regretted them

the second they fell out of my mouth.

My mother never gave her speech.

She never got to meet Eleanor Roosevelt.

But I could.

Heads,

I go.

Tails,

I don't.

We're gonna get to see

the whole country, Ellie.

- Gosh, I love America.

- You've never even been out of Manteca,

and New York's a metropolis.

And you can't drive.

Yeah, I can. My mom was a feminist.

She taught me early.

Yeah, her mom's a feminist,

and I'm gonna be one, too.

You don't even know what that means.

It means you're gonna stay home

and take care of the Little Elvis, Billy!

Do you think she's gonna make us

recite the pledge of allegiance?

Maybe.

She wrote to you.

Why can't you be satisfied with that?

We should go visit my Aunt Daisy

in Las Vegas.

And I also want to stop by the actor studio

to give that Lee Strasberg a holler.

- Who's Lee Strasberg?

- Wait, who's Aunt Daisy?

I got a picture of her right here.

- What happened to her head?

- Little Elvis ate her face off.

She's really cool. She's a showgirl

and she has her own theater on the strip.

This is gonna be so boss.

So we're gonna skip school on Friday,

and I'll tell my dad I'm staying with you

over the weekend,

and you tell your mom

you're staying with me over the weekend,

and then when they find out,

we'll already be long gone.

You two don't have no money.

Shut your mouth, Billy.

I know where we can get some.

Yeah. Stop giving us the business, Billy.

We know where we can get some money.

Why are you touching Mom's piano?

I can touch it if I want.

Dad don't want no one

touching Mama's piano.

If I told you a good secret,

would you help me out?

But you have to promise

not to tell a soul, not even Dad.

Dad don't want me

keeping secrets from him!

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