Chapter One Green Country I’ve got a secret and I’m so excited Actually I’ve got two secrets and that makes me feel really happy inside What are you grinning at Debbie my brother Billy asks Nothing I don’t want him guessing my secrets You’ve got a secret haven’t you No I haven’t Yes you have I can tell What is it Debbie I’m not telling you Billy
He throws a honky nut at me Go on tell me No He throws another nut Well I’ve got a secret too What is it then My special tree is bigger than yours Billy looks sly I told you my secret Debbie now you have to tell me yours I laugh That’s not a secret that’s a fib My special tree is much bigger than yours Billy picks up a big honky nut and flings it at me It hits my arm and really stings Boy am I mad I yell Actually I have two secrets and I’m not going to tell you about them now Keep your silly secrets then he says storming off