Chapter TenEvening was Wallace Hicks’s favorite time to walk in the woods behind the post office. As long as he kept tossing the frisbee, Gromit would stay close and not run after skunks, leaving Wally free to reflect on karma.
Just when you’d had enough of hanging around here with one foot on the platform and one foot on the train. Just when you’d vowed to fish or cut bait. Kaboom! In walks a retired (or, you might say, re-tired) sports hero and kicks off a whole new ballgame.
Surprises had been dropping out of the sky lately faster than bird poop onto customers’ cars. Just an hour ago, Rosey Sherman had flung open the door with a big grin on his face. Those two DePina boys were something else! Strong as a bulldog, that Rudy, with a wicked sense of humor; and Louis had the smarts and si
