SECTION I The Introduction This is the report of the first ever trip of The Qwikpick Adventure Society It has been written by Lyle Hertzog me with the help of co members Marilla Anderson who took the pictures and Dave Raskin who drew the maps and stuff Let me just say that Dave came up with the name for our group and Marilla and I voted for it too because we thought it was funny See we sometimes hang out at a place called the Qwikpick a big gas station and convenience store which is where my mom and dad work There's a break room with two old sofas a microwave and a TV that you have to turn on and off with a screwdriver It only gets channel seven The Qwikpick is down on South Franklin Street right in front of Crab Creek Estates Trailer Park where I've
lived for a long time and Marilla just moved to about a year ago So that's why we called ourselves The Qwikpick Adventure Society Society is iust a fancy word for club which is stretching it a bit since there's only three of us But the word adventure is stretching it a lot We didn't stop a smuggling ring or get mixed up with the mob or stop an ancient evil from rising up and spreading black terror across Crickenburg You should not be expecting some kind of crazy wild adventure If that's what you want then you need to read The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by D Manus Pinkwater which is the greatest book ever written But we did see something that not many other people have gotten to see and no one will get to see again the Amazing Poop Fountain at the Crickenburg Wastewater Treatment
That's why we decided to record our experience for future people to read so they will know what the poop fountain was like and also what it was like to go see it AND SMELL IT By the way this report has been typed on a typewriter because Lyle Hertzog me got a typewriter for Christmas my typewriter
UNOFFICIAL personal note Of course I didn t tell Dave and Marilla the real story about getting the typewriter Obviously I didn't really want a typewriter I wanted a computer Every kid I know has got a computer or at least a video game player So when I saw this big plastic case next to the Christmas tree I thought I was finally getting one or the other When I opened it up I saw the keyboard and I was for one second about to flip out Then I realized that there was no screen just the keys and a few big knobs and some clunky metal levers It s a typewriter my dad said This man came in the Qwikpick and asked if he could put up a sign on the bulletin board because he had a typewriter to sell and I was like How much do you want Because my son would love to have a
