Chapter 2: A Stomper House?
Late that night, Daphne climbed to the top of their family's tree. She sat on a big leaf and stared out. She could see the whole forest up there.
She stared far out and saw the big brown thing again!
What the heck could that be? Daphne asked herself.
"Hey there, kid!" a voice called. It was Nim Galuu, Daphne's best friend and the wisest in all of Moonhaven.
"Nim! Good to see you!" Daphne said as she hugged him. "How'd you know I was up here? Did the 'Rings of Knowledge' tell you that?"
"More like your father."
Daphne smirked, "Of course."
She saw the big brown thing and looked at Nim. Maybe he knows what it is.
"Nim, do you know what that is?" Daphne asked Nim, pointing to the big brown thing.
"Oh that? That's a Stomper House."
"Stomper? Like those things like us but they're big and they stomp around?"
"That's the one."
"But, Mom told me all the Stompers left years ago."
"They did. That Stomper House has been empty for years."
"Wow. I just wish I could learn more about the Stompers."
"I'm surprised you didn't know about it."
"Know about what?"
"Daphne! Come on down! You need your rest! You don't want a Boggan coming and getting you," Daphne's mother, Mary Katherine, called up.
Daphne sighed, "I gotta go, Nim. See you tomorrow."
Daphne climbed down and went inside.