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You're probably wondering
how this all began. How it came to be that Brian, Jaime, Yowzer and Clarice
found each other, and how "The E-Zine That Explodes" came about.
Then again, you may not care at all, but the story, as uninteresting as
it may be, will be told anyhow... like it or not.
 Five months ago, when springtime decided to come back to Ferncliff
Lane, Brian and Jaime opened up for business. What kind of business, you
ask? Gosh you're inquisitive. They opened a small malt shop, where they
sold ice cream, milk shakes, candy bars and magazines. Brian said that market
research told him that Ferncliff Lane was the perfect location, and he was
right. By it's second week, The Ferncliff Soda Shop was bursting
with customers. Moms and Dads filled the place up during breakfast and lunch
time, picking up newspapers and drinking coffee. After school, kids from
all around town went in to hang out and buy candy bars. During the night
time, local teenagers brought their dates to share a milkshake and talk.
Yes, Indeed, business was booming, and Jaime and Brian were going to need
some help.
Then, one Saturday afternoon, when business was slow, a boy wandered into the store, looking rather green, bear like, and sporting
a head of hair Elvis would have killed for. Jaime looked up from
her magazine.
"Can I help you?" she thoughtfully asked the
boy.
"I don't know. My mom told me I needed to find something to do this summer and said that you were looking for some help."
"That's true, we could use some help around here cleaning up nights. What's your name?
"Yowzer." He announced, "I live next door to your store."
Jaime called Brian out from the storage closet, and introduced him to Yowzer.
"Yowzer is interested in working here this summer." She told him.
"Oh yeah? When can he start?"
"I can start today if you need me to, sir." Yowzer said politely, " I just have to run home and tell my mom."
"I'll tell you what, go on home and tell you mom that you start here at 6 o'clock tonight." Brian said.
Yowzer's face lit up. "Okay! Wait until I tell
Clarice!" Yowzer darted out of the store.
"Clarice?" Brian asked.
"Yeah," Jaime replied, "she's the other
neighbor girl who comes in here after schools. She looks sort of like a
raccoon."
"This place is starting to sound like the Muppet Show." Brian grumbled.
So, that night, Yowzer started his first job, wiping down the counter and sweeping up the floors. He even enjoyed it, and as a result,
Brian and Jaime let him have all the milkshakes he and Clarice could drink.
 Summer came quickly to Ferncliff Lane, and soon all the neighborhood kids were off to summer camps and family vacations, slowing up business at the shop quite a bit. One day, Brian came into the store with Yowzer, each of them carrying large boxes.
"What's that?" Jaime asked, as Brian and Yowzer put down the boxes on the counter.
"Well, since business has gone so well here during
the spring, Yowzer talked me into buying the store a computer." Jaime
got excited.
"A computer? Yowzer talked you into it, huh?"
"Umm..." Brian hesitated as he opened the first box, "something like that. We've been wanting to get one since we opened
the shop, and after hearing him and Clarice talking about their computers..."
Just then, Clarice came through the door, sporting a new pair of sunglasses.
"Wow! Is that the new computer you told me you were
going to buy?" Brian blushed.
Wait! There's more
to the story!
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