a fire engine. fireman bob said, "look, we can do better than that. if you'll have your son ready at seven o'clock wednesday morning, we'll make him an honorary fireman for the whole day. he can come down to the fire station, eat with us, go out on all the fire calls, the whole nine yards! "and if you'll give us his sizes, we'll get a real fire uniform for him, with a real fire hat - not a toy one - with the emblem of the phoenix fire department on it, a yellow slicker like we wear and rubber boots. they're all manufactured right here in phoenix, so we can get them fast."
three days later fireman bob picked up billy, dressed him in his fire uniform and escorted him from his hospital bed to the waiting hook and ladder truck.billy got to sit on the back of the truck and help steer it back to the fire station. he was in heaven. there were three fire calls in phoenix that day and billy got to go out on all three calls. he rode in the different fire engine