Hey, Tori, welcome home. I'm so glad you're here.

Hi little brother, I'm glad to be home too.

But why are you glad I'm home?

Because Mom said we could walk down to the river when you got home.

Oh fun! I remember going to the river with Mom and Dad when we were younger.

Me too. We would skip rocks in the river.

And play with sand in the riverbed?

Maybe we could bring our fishing rods.

What do you say, Tori?

That sounds great. The only problem is, I don't know how to get there.

Hmm, I don't either. I wonder though. Does it mom have something that gives her directions?

I mean, doesn't she have a roadmap of some kind that tells her how to get to places that she hasn't been before?

You're right. She has a GPS.

I wonder if we could borrow it.

I bet it can give us directions to the river. Let's go ask her.

Hiya Tori. Welcome home from school. How is your day today?

It was great, Mom. But I'm really excited about what we get to do after school today.

Oh, I guess TJ told you about going down to the river. Is that what you're excited about?

You guessed that. I can't wait to throw rocks and play in the sand. T.J. even suggested we bring our

fishing rods. All of those are great ideas. You know, the river is not usually a place I'd let you go without dad or myself.

But since you've been there so many times with an adult, I'm confident you'll be responsible to follow all the rules.

Rules like staying out of the water and staying together the whole time. And if you get lost on the way to the river or on your

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