I still have to filter dad's shoes to earn my allowance, and I usually blow it on comic books and bubble gum. My favorite comic right now is Sergeant Dirk Dire -- I can't believe the stuff he gets up to every month!

Yesterday we went exploring in the condemned mineshaft over by Old Man Blackwell's farm. He got mad and yelled at us for trespassing, but we managed to grab a neat silver watch before we left.