Percy leapt up onto the counter and let out another shriek.
“You are much too old for this!”
“I’ve been to the jungle! I’ve defeated the savages! I’m Soaring Eagle! I’m Chocolate Thunder! Aye aye aye aye!” Then Percy leapt off the counter, leaving a trail of mud all the way as he gallivanted around the kitchen.
“Jeb, do something, your boy is out of his mind!”
“Boy!” Jeb bellowed, “You stop hollerin’ this instant!”
“I’ll defeat you with my bow and arrow!” Percy retorted; he wielded his lunch stick like a sword.
“That’s not how you use a bow and arrow, you i***t!”
“Don"t call our son an i***t! We do not name-call in this family! We’re civilized farmers!” Bobby Sue chastised her husband. “Percy, what’s gotten into you?”
“I’m not Percy!” Percy cried out, “I’m Soaring Chocolate Eag
