December 22nd

"Hey Dave?" Alvin called out.

"What's up, Alvin?" asked Dave.

"Have you seen my GameBoy? I want to trade it in at Game Stop since I got a GameBoy Color for my birthday." said Alvin.

"No I haven't," said Dave. "Have you checked your toy box?"

"Only mine," said Alvin. "Hey Simon?"

Simon was in the shower. "Yeah?"

"Do you know where my old GameBoy is?"

"Oh. It's in my computer desk drawer," said Simon. "Look in there."

"Thanks!"

Simon begins to sing in the shower.

*I sit alone in this cafe,

And listen to the song they play,

Reminding me of Yesterday and You...*

"There he goes again," said Alvin, sighing in jealousy. "Why must he be the one who sings like a crooner and Paul McCartney?"

"Alvin," said Dave. "Just be glad that Simon shares the same gift as you and Theodore."

Simon comes out of the shower, still singing.

"Show off," muttered Alvin.

"I heard that," said Simon. "Did you find your old GB?"

"Yeah," said Alvin. "I'm gonna go to Game Stop to trade it in."

"You and your video games, Alvin," said Simon.

...

The Chipmunks are at Game Stop. Lots of Sega Dreamcast stuff, as well as PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and GameBoy stuff is around.

Alvin looks at a flyer about the new Pokémon games: Pokémon Gold and Silver. It's a new generation of Pokémon with new creatures, new gym leaders, and new places.

"Is that the new Pokémon game?" asked Theodore.

"Yep," said Alvin. "Me and Brittany love these games. We traded Pokémon in Red, Blue and Yellow and caught them all. Let me tell you. It wasn't easy."

"You have to use the Game Link Cable to trade Pokémon," said Simon. "Maybe someday you could trade them via Internet. Since it's the year 2000."

Theodore points at the new starters, Cyndaquil, Totodile and Chickorita. "Which one do you like? I like the fire one."

"Want my honest opinion, Ted?" Alvin said smiling. "Cyndaquil is the one I like too."

Meanwhile, Dave and Miss Miller secretly get Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver for Alvin and Brittany.

"He's been looking forward for this game for months," said Dave. "He's gonna love it."

"I'm sure they both will love this," said Miss Miller.