Kids of the Crick: And Where It Goes

By Lloyd E. McIlveen

Whats in this book?

Adventure
Exploring
Country
Fun
Surprise
Birds, bats and beaver
Lions, dogs and bugs
Caves, caverns and tunnels
Real things and imagination
Cricks, rivers and lake
Riding, swooping, swimming
Slipping, sliding and flying
And, of course the four very courageous kids of adventure
And exploring are here for everyones pleasure.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Mar 13, 2014
• ISBN: 9781490708157

Lloyd E. McIlveen

Your author, Lloyd E. McIlveen, unveils a chronological list of many and various book subjects presenting controversial, educational, uplifting, futuristic, self helping, philosophical, psychological, entertaining and other stimulating concepts of which are and will be displayed with brief descriptions of each book followed by more issues in line as they become published to the public. The list is growing and will continue to grow.

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Copyright 2014 Lloyd E. McIlveen.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

ISBN: 978-1-4907-0816-4 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4907-0815-7 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013913721

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Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Together to Explore

Chapter 2 An Unknown Cave

Chapter 3 Flying and New Energy

Chapter 4 Surprise from the Old Man

Chapter 5 The People of Meriland

Chapter 6 Lost and Saved by an Animal

Chapter 7 Sliding Down the Mountain

Chapter 8 The Land of Bugs and Things

Chapter 9 The Country Farmer

Chapter 10 What happened All That Time

Introduction

KIDS OF THE CRICK

and where it goes

This is an adventure story of kids who were lucky enough to live in a very small town out in the country near a two lane road in Sergent County, where a car or truck goes by every now and then.

This part of the country is quiet except for the natural sound of birds, an occasional outside washing machine or barking dog and children chattering when the one room school is out.

There isn't a lot of excitement in this town except when one of the kids gets a brainstorm idea and shares it with friends to do something different and that's exactly what happens in this story.

So what do they do? They use their natural imagination to stir up almost anything that means fun or exploring in any way they can.

The story is how the kids get along with each other, an old man, animals, birds, weird creatures, fish and also how they handle being lost, being in water, flying and even becoming very small in size. These are the things they get into other than the everyday life of country living, so relax and go along with the enjoyment and excitement of wandering into an adventure land of what is real and of what may not be so real.

Some words appear misspelled, but their appearance is actually an attempt to express a country dialect of the region in those days so the reader can understand this is a significant part of our American heritage and does blend into our society at present.

Other than story line, scene, dialogue and dialect, the essence and objective for the readers is to experience a little reality, a little imaginative fantasy while enjoying a story that may add to their curiosity, inquisitive abilities and sentiment for friendships and fairness in camaraderie and respect for others.

Chapter 1

Getting Together to Explore

Ringalingalingaling goes the school bell on Friday afternoon. School's out for the week and the children are skedaddling out the front door onto the dirt path as though they were about to meet with a new adventure.

Danny, I know a new place to go in the morning down at the crick. Wanna go? Sure, Rustin. Is it far? Nah, a couple of blocks out of town. The two boys are both ten years old.

The town has only a few scattered houses in Sergent County about forty miles from the big city area and has one schoolhouse plus a few other business places. Most of the men work at a flour mill right outside of town and the women are home raising children.

There are beautiful rolling hills blending into the mountains just outside town with trees, brush, some forest and streams emptying into local cricks from the mountains and distant river.

The closest crick is about three city blocks out of town by way of an old horse and buggy road with trees hanging over it on both sides.

The boys are starting to walk home from school and are jabbering back and forth preparing for their journey of what they might need, like water and peanut butter sandwiches and how to tote them.

I gotta go home now and do my homework so I won't have to worry about it on Saturday, said Rustin. Yeah, me too. See ya at eight by the big rock on the corner, Rustin. Bye.

Susan, eight years old, overheard them and wants to go too, but she waited too long and Rustin ran off. Danny was slow to go, so she asked him, Can I go too, Danny? I don't know, Susan, this is Rustin's idea. Meet us at eight by the big rock on the corner and see what he says. Okay, thanks, Danny. See ya there.

Rustin tells his mom and she doesn't worry because he's been there before. Danny's mom is not sure until his sister Sandi, twelve years old, says she will go too. That makes it okay. Rustin won't care. He likes Sandi.

Susan's mother says she's too little to be out in the wilderness with ten year old boys.

It's Saturday morning at dawn and the kids are trickling in one by one at the rock. It's a little before eight and Rustin says hi to his friends in an agreeable tone. Let's go.

The kids walk for a couple of minutes and hear a scream from the rock. Susan yells,