Just as Lucy was about to continue playing, she felt her mother picking her up from the sandbox.
"Come on Lucy, it's time to go home. Tommy and Maureen are waiting for us.", her mother told her as she proceeded to take her to her stroller and then buckle her up.
Lucy really didn't want to leave, she wanted to continue with her sandcastle. But before Lucy could throw any sort of tantrum, her stomach began to growl.
“Awwww, is my little girl hungry? Don't worry, mommy is going to make a delicious dinner for tonight."
Lucy ended up realizing that her mother was right. She was indeed very hungry and she did not believe that with an empty stomach she could continue playing so she thought that the ideal thing was to go home. But just before they could leave the park, the boy from before came up to them to give them something.
"Wait! I think this is from your daughter."
Lucy didn't quite know what she supposedly had forgotten, but she soon found out what it was when the boy proceeded to give it to her.
It was a stuffed giraffe which was attached to a pacifier. Although she didn't like the idea of using a pacifier, she couldn't deny that the stuffed animal looked cute. So without thinking, she proceeded to take the stuffed animal from the boy's hand and immediately she put the pacifier in her mouth.
"Thank you very much, young man. My little Lucy tends to lose her toys very easily." Lucy's mother thanked the boy.
"No problem, ma'am."
So at that point, Lucy's mother finally proceeded to take her home. On the way home, Lucy had been looking everything around her in her stroller, while she continued sucking on her pacifier.
When they were only a few minutes away from getting home, Lucy finally realized her own mistake. Inadvertently she had touched the boy in the park, that meant she was permanently trapped as a toddler. But that wasn't the only problem.….