A Bandicoot Holiday

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Sherman E Hister. A Bandicoot Holiday

The Rivers

Devro Rivers

Samantha Rivers

The Rivers Brothers

Dalton Rivers

Sticks and Stones

The River Spot

The Rivers Farm

Cow Maintenance

The Tooth Incident

A New Year

The Hit Shack

Back Home

Change of Weather

An Unbelievable Gift

Rock-Paper-Scissors

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Strum River flows through the sleepy little town of Pickerville as the winter’s snow falls yet again around the Advent holiday. This is not an ordinary Christmas in Pickerville. It’s the first Christmas the Rivers boys are involved with the preparations for the coming season, not the coming season of spring but the new baseball season in Pickerville. Dalton Rivers has owned the Bandicoots minor league team of Pickerville for the last several seasons. Mr. Rivers has decided that it was time for his oldest son, Wayne, to become the team’s manager like he has always hoped for. Dalton Rivers also hopes for his son Quail to join the team as well, not for management or a position on the team’s board but as a player. Quail played baseball growing up but never wanted to play professionally. Instead, he dreamed of playing for the Bandicoots. The Bandicoots were very important to the town and people of Pickerville. Wayne and Quail both planned to take care of the team like their father had.

On Christmas day, Quail and Wayne watch Strum River flow from their parents’ back porch when Quail says something very important to Wayne. Quail tells Wayne, “I’ve got no plans to play professionally no matter what, not even if the board thinks I should.” The Bandicoots were the farm team for one of the most promising professional clubs. Part of the reason Dalton’s team has been so successful is because he manages from a far and doesn’t get too caught up in its business. He administered a board of seven men, about his age and experience, to deal with the daily business of the pro team. Dalton spends most of his time mentoring the new recruits who are signed to play with the Bandicoots.

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Father Van knew what Dalton Rivers was up too. Father Van asks Quail, “Why did he tell the crew to come back in two weeks?”

Quail laughed and said, “Because he wants me to finish in two weeks. I watched the men work and figured out what they do. When the crew quit, Dad gave the job to me. What he doesn’t know is that I’m going to try to finish in a week.”

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