Decorating Trouble!

     The next day, Oscar woke up to see that Mom and Madeline had already left. "I got to get my costume on and head for the park. I have to get all the decorations ready before the party begins," Oscar said aloud.

     After putting on a brown vest, tennis shoes, plastic binoculars, and a safari hat, Oscar hopped on Madeline bike and rode off in the direction of the park. It took him almost a whole hour to get there. When he finally arrived he was a little tired and decided to take a nap. He curled up on the see-saw and began to snore. SNNNOGGGG! Suddenly a little kid sat on the other side and.....WHHHAAAAA! Oscar flew off and into the air! He landed with a splash in the fountain! "OOOOHHH...a swimming pool. I didn't know the park had a swimming pool!" He swam around and around the "pool" until he heard someone yelling. "Huh? What? What did you say?" Oscar looked around to see who was talking to him. He saw the park ranger walking toward the fountain. "Hey Kid! This is not a pool, get out of the fountain!" "OOOPS!" Oscar leaped out of the fountain and ran toward the picnic shelter. "What a weird looking kid," the ranger mumbled as he walked off.
     "Time to decorate!" First he climbed up and started hanging his homemade ghosts from the trees. Sometimes he got a little distracted...BIRD! SQUIRREL! BUNNY! KID! He got so distracted that he slipped! "HEEELP!" He was hanging on the branch by just his feet! PLOP! "OUCH! Decorating for parties is dangerous work!" Next he placed all of his plastic pumpkins on the tables and filled them with dog bones. "There...now all I need to do is stand up the tombstones. He tried to stand them up but....thud....he tried again to stand them up but.....flop....he tried one more time to stand them up but....fooo! They kept falling down. Oscar was so mad! He started jumping around and stomping his paws. "WHY WON'T THESE THINGS STAND UP!!!! AAAAAAHHH!" Just then the ranger walked up again, "Hey kid. Calm down. What are you yelling about?" "My tombstones won't stand up, and I need them for my party!!!" Oscar whined. "Why don't you just prop them up with something?" the ranger asked as he walked off. "A HA! DOG BONES!!!" Oscar grabbed a handful of his bones and began propping up all the tombstones.
     "Whew! All the decorating is done. Now all I have to do is wait for my friends," Oscar said.