chapter 1

Today the boys and I went down to the tree that you can jump off and land in the water, if you take off from the proper spot of course. Being the leader of are pack I obviously went first. It was exciting to feel the water cave in around you when you hit it. When I arose from the water I made Gene go next because out of all my friends Gene is my bestest buddy in the whole wide world, so he had to next so he can keep the second in command. We don’t have commands but they all listen to me when I say to do something and I kind of like it so I need to keep it like that. Gene needed a little encouragement so I gave him a war situation and then he jumped!  Then Leper he challenge said Gene’s jump was better than mine so I made him jump off the tree, besides he shouldn’t talk until he tried it.  He failed epically. Then I looked at my watch and it was almost dinner and I really don’t wanna go to dinner cuz they have really bad food! When I say bad I mean BADDDDDDDDDD. So on the way back to the campus I walked and talked with Gene. I had to comment that he only jumped cuz I made him. He totally disagreed but I had to stand my ground because he was wrong and I was right. He called me “Goofy” but I ignored it and walked on.





"He opened his green eyes wider and gave us his maniac look,and only the smirk on his wide mouth with its droll,slightly protruding uppere lip reassured us that he wasnt completely goofy" (Gene page 6) - Gene decsribes what finny looks like when he gets an idea.

"Phineas in those days almost always moved in groups the size of a hockey team" (Gene page 7- showing how popular Finny was at school.


  Finny and Gene with the biys heading out to the river.


  The tree that the boys jump out of.