Mack wasted no time with small talk, “Lee,” he said, “Doc over there’s got a problem. He needs me and the boys to go and gather up 300 frogs for an order he’s got. We need to borrow your truck, so we can go to Carmel Valley.” Lee was reluctant but gave into the proposition; however, Doc had been a tremendous customer throughout the years; Lee felt he owed it to Doc to help …showed first 75 words of 1209 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1209 total…boys piled themselves and their frogs into the truck. When they returned home they parked the new truck in back of Lee Chong’s store with an attached note saying that they traded his old truck for this one, because it ran better. After that short trip they carried the knapsacks full of frogs to Doc’s laboratory to show him their achievement, leaving out a few minor details of the war that had ensued.