CHAPTER 1 A RUMP AND A HUM The year was Twelvity-Five A D Thud and Blunder were at home on a sunny Sunday in Village Town When the pair of nine-year-old knights weren’t adventuring they were preparing for adventure Thud hammered out dents in their armor CLANG CLANG CLANG Blunder helped by not getting in the way But that task turned out to be difficult for him You missed one Blunder said pointing to the tiniest of dings in a piece of his armor
Thud grumbled I don’t know why CLANG you can’t fix CLANG your own armor CLANG A moment later a CLIP CLAP CLOP was heard off in the distance Blunder jumped up from his seat He tilted his head and listened Thud hammered again Once more her clangs were followed by CLIP CLAP CLOP Blunder feared it was a monster Quit hammering so loud Blunder warned There’s an Echo An Echo Thud asked Oh no did you hear it Blunder shouted His eyes darted about as he looked for danger Thud looked too But she didn’t see any Not even a tiny danger Hear what Thud asked The Echo Blunder said The Echo Thud asked
There it is again Blunder shouted Blunder drew his sword and got into his fighting stance He sort of looked like a chicken hopping around on one foot and waving a sword over his head It found us Blunder shouted What’s found us Thud asked scratching her head with her hammer The Ech
