ted riplId, "I bet yU kAm Ovc wiTqt haviN enE brekfust."

  tom tCk of hiz kOt, huN it Ovc Du bak uv A Ker and sat dqn at Du tAbul. "wel, nO I havunt."

  ted had nq finiSt hiz brekfust. "sins yU or sitiN dqn, hav sum sirEul wIl I tI Du tAl tU Du bak tip uv Du kIt."

  sUn tom had emptEd hiz bOl uv sirEul and DA pCt on Der kOts and wxkt qt Du dxr. ted woz karEiN Du kIt and tom had Du bxl uv striN in hiz pokut, and in hiz hand A rEl tU wInd Du striN on.

  ted wontud tU get tU Du pork kwiklE. "wI dOnt wE krxs mistc grEn'z sId yord sO wE dOnt hav tU gO xl uwA urqnd Du blok?"

  tom lCkt urqnd and sx nO wun kumiN. "I YZulE gO urqnd Du blok but nq iz qc Kans tU kut TrU." DA krxst intU Du yord and wxkt TrU Du end uv mistc grEn'z gordun.

  just Den mistc grEn stept qt hiz bak dxr and sx tU bQz wxkiN TrU hiz gordun. "gO bak! gO bak! yU or wxkiN wer I hav plantud mI bEnz!"

  ted sx mistc grEn wAviN hiz handz. "hcE tom, bak tU Du sIdwxk bEfOr hE kaKuz up wiD us! hE lCks mad! "

  tom folOd ted up Du strEt. "yU and yxr big IdEuz. hcE up yU or runiN tU slO!" aftc A fyU sekundz tom lCkt Ovc hiz SOldc. "hE iz not folOiN us sO I ges wE kan slO dqn."

  ted slOd dqn tU A wxk. "I ges wE wil bE tAkiN Du lxN wA urqnd Du nekst tIm."

  tom woz pantiN. "yU kan kqnt on it!"

  DA urIvd at Du pork and went tU an erEu Dat had nO trEz.

  "tom, lItlE hOld Du kIt at Du botum and tip Du top tuwxrdz mE." ted unravuld Du striN ubqt twentE fEt. "get redE tU let Du kIt slip frum yxr fiNgcz! OkA hir wE gO!" ted stortud tU run and Du kIt bigan tU rIz intU Du er. it spIruld urqnd kumiN klOsc and klOsc tU Du grqnd and Den bqnst ulxN Du gras.

  mistc grEn woz wxkiN past Du pork on hiz wA tU Du borbc Sop. hE stopt wen hE sx Du tU bQz and woKt Dem trI tU flI Du kIt. Du bQz tCk tcnz, but DA kCd not get Du kIt up intU Du er. Dis brxt bak memcEz tU mistc grEn wen hE woz yuN and flU kIts.

  ted glanst Ovc tU Du rOd. "lCk tom, Der'z mistc grEn! dU yU TiNk wE SCd mAk qcselvz skers?"

  "nO," sed tom, "wE or not on hiz propctE nq. bisIdz, hE upirz tU bE smIliN at us."

  mistc grEn uprOKt Du bQz. "I TiNk yxr problum iz Dat yU dOnt hav inuf tAl on Du kIt."

  tom lCkt at ted. "did yU briN enE ekstru klxT wiD yU?"

  "nO I didunt. I nevc gAv it A Txt"

  mistc grEn woz weriN an Old wxrn tI Dat hE kept kuvcd wiD A swetc sO Du smxl rip in Du tI kCd not bE sEn. hE tCk of Du tI and handud it tU ted. "hir tAk Dis and tI it ontU Du tAl."

  tom stCd Der wiD hiz Iz wId Opun az ted akseptid Du tI. "yU dOnt hav tU dU Dis mistc grEn. I kan run bak hOm and get sum strips uv klxT."

  mistc grEn smIld. "it's kwIt xlrIt. Du tI iz frAd and iz Oldc Dan bOT yxr Ajuz adud tugeDc!"

  "TaNks mistc grEn." sed ted. "wE wil giv it A trI." Du bQz tId Du tI tU Du tAl. ted held Du tAl end uv Du kIt and tom ran az fast az hE kCd. Du kIt rOz intU Du er and stAd up. mistc grEn rimAnd uwIl tU mAk SCr Du kIt flU and Den prEperd tU lEv. "bI Du wA bQz, it iz xlrIt tU kut TrU mI propctE az lxN az yU stik tU Du paT bI Du hqs. I just didunt wont yU tU kut TrU Du gordun bikxz I hav sEdz plantud Der."

  "TaNk yU fxr letiN us gO TrU Dat wA." tom grind. "wE wil stA qt uv yxr gordun."

  ted pQntud tU Du kIt in Du skI. "TaNks fxr yxr tI mistc grEn. it sctunlE mAd A difcuns."

  mistc grEn wAvd tU Du bQz and stortud tU wxk uwA. "glad I kCd help. wel, I am on mI wA tU Du borbcz. hav A gCd dA wiD yxr kIt."

  bOT bQz wAvd and riplId. "TaNks ugen. gCd bI."

  tom lCkt at ted aftc mistc grEn left. "jE, I ges mistc grEn iz A tcifik gI aftc xl!"

  tom riplId, "hE sctunlE iz. hE SCr had Du ansc tU qc kIt problum!"