After drinking, he says he feels bad about losing the race and says he's just slow. George says he needed practice when Arthur offers his water. George arrives at the restaurant, running, which is unusual to Buster, thinking he hated running. Buster gives a long, wrong answer, discouraging Arthur. But they wonder how the ball would go all the way to Turkey. Francine insults George, saying he gave up, making him outraged.īuster and Arthur are seen at the Sugar Bowl, talking about the soccer ball, saying its exactly the same ball when Brain examined it. When it is George's turn, he is outrun by his opponent, making his team lose. It starts with Francine, then Jenna, then Sue Ellen, then finally on to George. There is a track race at Lakewood Elementary. Arthur heads back indoors, saying this will be the best birthday gift ever. Alberto wonders if it is the package from Adil, but Arthur says that it is a comic book. Arthur asks Adil a favor, and Arthur is later seen receiving a package from the mailman.Īlberto goes to Arthur's house to deliver a party invitation, and when Arthur sees him, he says that he has something to give Alberto. This surprises Arthur, since his next-door neighbor and friend Alberto lost a soccer ball signed by El Boomerang.

That night, he contacts Arthur via computer and mentions that something like a soccer ball fell out of the sky.Īdil also mentions that the ball has the signature 'El Boomerang' written on it.

It is revealed to be a soccer ball, and Adil wonders how it came to be there. The episode begins in Istanbul, Turkey, with Arthur's pen pal, Adil, walking down the street when an object falls in front of him. Meanwhile, Arthur plans to give back El Boomerang to Alberto for his birthday, but it gets lost. George prepares to walk from Crown City to Elwood City to prove he isn't a quitter.

The long road home