ok tel ya what i believe chp on is close enough to self publish do u????? Fed the fish and me Rocky saves the day chapter one Sitting on a park bench in Sparks NV., wishing I had the imagination I once had as a child, Like kick the can, hide and seek, playing house or Evil Knevil. Match box and hot wheels. Playin with the little green army men and jumpin out of swings at recess into three foot high snow. As children we never thought about monkeys on our back, especially ones from a book we wrote on the other side of the nation. But somehow someway that monkey on my back for all these years actually served a purpose To show the kid in me how to grow up and the grown up in me how to be young again. Here’s a story for all grown up’s to be young again! And more importantly for our children. Who have more magic in their minds then we’ll ever know. It was a beautiful summer day with a slight breeze. The grass was green and inviting enough to want to just lay on it…. and nap. I’d had a hard couple of weeks and was feeling a little down, so I slumped down in the bench and began my blissful descend into darkness. With darkness all around and peace coming, I cracked open my eye’s for one last look at sunshine and the reality I would soon escape. And their he was as plain as day, peeking out from behind a tree, with that same smile I gave him in my last book, toothpick and all. Then in a glimpse he was gone. It was obvious I was tiered and needed some rest. So I settled down and went back to my wonderful plain of fiction. In my slumber I rolled over and took a deep breath only to be poked by what seemed to be a dull pointed object, in my mind it could only be one thing, THE MAN! As I cracked open one eye I heard several voices that were odd in tone, yet had a familiar and somehow beckoning tone. With a couple more poke’s of his faithful sidearm, the infamous “supper soaker”, I opened both eye’s and realized it was Rocky the ally cat……. And the entire crew! “Rocky”! I screamed, for one thing I’m sleeping and another….. “YOU DON’T EXIST“!! “Dude look, we need your help “. Rocky went on. “Lenny the lizard’s twin brother, Jerry the giraffe is in trouble, it’s bad man.. Bad!!” Come on bro you taught us love and forgiveness, and most importantly….“NEVER GIVE UP” !!! In my slightly of balance mind, I agreed even though I don’t remember Lenny’s twin brother, I took Rocky the ally cat’s paw and followed the entire crew back to the place I created a long time ago. Max the monkey and Fred the fish looked at me and winked, while Rossco the dog followed by his son Ross came up and licked my hand. Rossco with his sad brown eyes said, “come on Reno, it’s time to give back”. Then the whole crew grabbed me by the foot and drug me to a small ant hole, where Andrew the army ant stood at attention next to Gary the gecko. “Sir welcome aboard sir”. I looked at Gog and Magog the matching frogs and asked “how the heck do I fit in a ant hole?“….. Boing boing boing………… “I should of known“!….. I came out the other end and there it was…….!!! everything I wrote about and was real…!!.. Colorful…… and most importunately to my lonely tired mind……………painless! The whole crew stood in line to great me, and give me grape cool-aid and cotton candy. Then Lenny the lizard walked up with his head hung low, with a small tear on the verge of splashing to the ground, and asked in a sad humble voice, “will ya help me man, please”?. I could hardly hold back my own tear….. when I said, “yeah brother , I got ya”! The entire crew gathered round and began to tell me about Lenny’s twin brother Jerry the baby blue giraffe. I knew right away Rocky was about to become a mentor to
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