Matt Sprouts and the Search for the Chompy Wompers
LEATHER RIDGE To the Leather Ridge kids and the childhood memories we share together
PROLOGUE SEARCHING My parents always tell me the best thing I can do with my time is help someone who needs it and usually I agree But when you don't know how long that help will take well that can be a bit tricky I am not sure what I thought would happen when I decided to help with the situation which took place just a week after Nora ate the sun I guess I assumed the solution would be much easier than what actually happened Searching Buying Negotiating Trading And stealing I'm not saying I stole anything and I certainly don't think anyone should But if you ever find yourself in the dilemma I faced that year then maybe you'd understand
8 MATT SPROUTS AND THE SEARCH FOR THE CHOMPY WOMPERS what I'm trying to say Decisions are not always black and white and sometimes you are faced with a choice that against what I believe in to make sure everything turns you out okay even if it means you won't goes Of course I wouldn't have had to make any of those decisions if my first idea had worked Or the second Or the third But instead I had to do the one thing I really really didn't want to do to in order to help a friend Find all the Chompy Wompers
CHAPTER 1 PARTY TIME I love summer Like I absolutely love it Do I sometimes get myself into some trouble during the summer months Yes Do I occasionally make mistakes Absolutely But that happens all the time anyway because I'm a twelve year old kid and that's just what twelve year old kids do The first ten days of summer this year were a blur thanks to my neighbor Farmer Jed and his pet goat Nora Pet sitting Nora turned out to be the most complicated and frustrating job I've had in a while besides changing my cousin's diaper ew I also met a new kid named B.J. learned how to be responsible for an animal went to Conditioning Camp
