The Day Letter A Ran Away is a Readers' Choice recipient of 5 out of 5 Stars. Letter A grows weary of always having to be first. First in line, first in bed, first up in the morning and so he decides to run away. He drops his letter A flag and crosses mountains and seas. The next morning Letter B looks for Letter A but only finds the discarded Letter A flag. The other Letters are unconcerned until the realize that without a Letter A; they can no longer spell many words. Instead of looking for Letter A, the Letter hold an election to replace him. The results were not what they expect.