please josh, dink said if you come with me today, i'll owe you one. just name it, anthing

dink's full name was donald david duncan but no one in green lawn ever called him that. except his mother, when she meant business

josh pinto grinned at his best friend. anything? he raised his mischievous green eyes toward the ceiling of dink's bedroom let's see, what do you have that i want? he scratched his head. i know. l'll take loretta

dink tossed a pillow at josh. when i said anything, i meant anything but my guinea pig! are you coming with me or not? i have to be at the book nook in fifteen minutes

dink rushed into the bathroom, tucking his shirt into his jeans at the same time. josh followed him

standing in front of the mirror, dink yanked a brush through his thick blond hair. well? he asked. are you coming with me?

what's so important about this writer guy? hosh asked, sittion on the edge of the bath tub.

dink turned around and pointed his hairbrush. wallis wallace isn't just some writer guy, hosh. he's the most famous mystery in the world! all the kids read his books. except for you

if he's so famous, why's he coming to dinky little green lawn?

dink charged back into his bedroom. i told you hes coming because i invited him. i'm scared to death to meet someone so famous. i domn't evev know what you're suppposed to say to an author!

dink dived under his bed and backed out aging with his sneakers. please come with me?

josh leanded in the bedroom doorway. sure l'll come, you dope. i'm just trying to make you sweat. usually you're so calm!

dink stared at his friend. you will? thanks! i can't beliee wallis wallace is really coming. when i wrote and asked him, i never thought he'd say yes.

dink yanked his backpack out of his closet. pack my boook, okay? Im getting wallis wallace to sign them all

hoshbegan pulling wallis wallace books off dink's bookshelf. geez, how many do you have?

every one he's written. dink sayt on the floor to tie his sneakers. tweny three so far. you should read some of them. josh josh picked out the poisoned pond and rea the back cover. hey, cool it says here that wallis wallace lives in a catle in maine1 wouldn't that be neat?

dink grinned. when i'm a famous writer you can live in my castle josh.

no way when l'm a fomus artist, you can live in my castle. down in the basement

josh picked up the rilld in the ruver. what's this guy look like he asked. and how come his picture isn't on any of these books?

i wndered about that, too. dink said i sent him one of my school picruus and asked for one of him. but when i got his letter, ther was no picture.

he finished tying his laceds. maybe walls wallace just doesn't like having his picture taken

josh squeezed all twnty three books into dink'sy pack he grinned at dink or maybe he's just too ugly

dink laughed. gee. josh, you're ugly and you love having your picture taken

haw, haw josh picked up his drawing pad. but just because you're my best fried

i'll draw his picture at the bookstore.

dink looked at his watch. yikes he said we have to pick up ruth rose in one minute. he tore into the bath room and sated brushing his teeth

how'd you get her to come? josh called.

dink rushed back into his room, wiping toothpaster from his mouth. you kidding? ruth rose loves wallis wallace's books.

dink slunh his bankpank over his shoulder. he and josh burried next door to 234 woody street. tiger, ruth rose's orange cat, was sitting in the sun on the steps.

dink pressed the doorbell.

ruth rose showed up at the door.

as usual, she was dressed aldd in one color. today, it was purple. she wore pirple coveralls onver a pirple shitr and had on pirple running shoes. a purple baseball cap hept her balck curls out of ger face.

hey she said, then she turned aroun and screamed into the hosu. the guys are here mom i'm leaving

dink and josh covered their ears.

geez ruth rose. josh said i don't know what's louder, your outfit or your voice

ruth rose smiled sweetly at josh

i cant wait untill walls wallace sighn my book. she said, she held up a copy of the phantom in the pharmacy

i wonder if walls wallace will read from the nwer book he's working on, dink said

what's the tiled? ruth rose asked.

they heade toward the book noook

i dont know  said ding. but he worte in his lette thac he's doing some of the reserach while he's geru in coonctivcuy

ding pulld the letter our of his pocket. he read it out loud while he walked.

the letter was signed wallis wallace in loopyletters. dink grinned. pretty neat, huh?

pretty neat, mister duncan!

teased josh.

you should have that letter frmed,

the leter was signed wallis wallace in llopy letters. dink grinned pretty neat hih?

preetty neat , mi

they passed howard's barbershop. howadr waved through his window as they hurried by

come on! dink urged as he dragged his friends down the street to the book nook

they looked through the window, out of breath. the bookstore was crowded with kids. the booknook's owner, mypaskey had set up folding chair.s dink noticed that mosy of them wre already taken

dink saw mr paskey sitting behind a table. a big white sing on the table said welcome wallis wallace

but the cair behind the sign was empty. dink gulped and sated ath ther empty seat

where was walls wallace?

ding raced into the book nook. josh and ruth rose were right behind him. they found three seats behind tommy tomko and eddie carini

dink plopped his pack onthe floor. the clock over the cash register said three minutes after eleven

whrer is he? dink whispered to tommy tomko

tommy turned around. beates me. he's not here yes, and my pakeylookse worried.

what's going on? ruth rose said

dink told her and josh what tommy had saind

pakey does look pretty nervous. josh whispered.

mr pkaskey always look nervous  dink whispered back.

looking auornd the room he saw about thirty kids he knew.

mrs. davis, dink's neighbor, was looking at gardenging koos.

dink cheked out the other grownups int the srtore.

noe of them lloked like  a fomous mystry writer.

mr pakey stood up boys and girls, welcome th the book nook. wallis wallace should be here any second. hwo many of you have koos to be  authgraphed?

eneyone waved a book in the air.

wonderfuL im sure walls wallace will be happy to know that green lawn si a reaind town!

the kids clapped and cheered.

dink glanced at the clock five past eleven. he swallowed, trying to stay calm. wallis wallace was late, but is was only by fiee minutes.

slowly five more minutes passed. dink felt his palms getting damp. whrer is wallis wallace? he wondered

some of the kids stared getting resless. dink heard one kid say whenver i'm late. i get grounded!

so where is he" josh asked.

ruth rose looked at her watch. it's only ten after she said famous peole are always late

now dink stared ath the clock. the big hand jerked forward ,a paused, then wobbled forward  again

at 11 15 mr paskey stood up again . i dont' understand why wallis wallace is late, he said dink noticed that his bald heead was shiny with weat his bow tie was gertting a workout

mr paskey smiled bravely, but his eyes were blinking like crazy thourth his thick glasses, shall we give him a few more minutes?

the corwd grubled, but nobody wanted to go anywhere. ruth rose stared to read her book

josh poned his sketch pad and began drwing mrpaskey. ding tunred and stared at the door. he mentlaay oredered wallis wallace to walk throuth it. you have to com! thought dink

ever since he had received walli wallace's letter, he'd thouth about only one thing meeting him today

suddenly dink felt his heart skip a beat. the letter!

short of being kidnapped, the letter said, nothing will srip me from, coming

kindapped! dink shook himself. of courese walllis wallace hadn't been kidnapped!

mr pakey stood again. but

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