"I admit that I chased many an eight year old girl with earthworms in my wild days of youth," Richard snickered. "It was actually kinda fun when they squealed. Of course now I think if a boy did that to my daughter I'd have to have a nice long talk with him."

He grinned again, that big happy, somewhat dopey grin. "The best adventure of all, having a family. Probably the most dangerous, too."