I'm dedicating this book to my family and to Papa for telling us Shammy stories.

Table of Contents    2

The First Encounter    4

The Tree House    12

    Once upon a time a long, long time ago (really only like 5 minutes ago)  . . . there were two kids named Pila and Dimo and they were making mud pies and mudshakes. Then suddenly, there was a big poof of green smoke. 

    “What was that?” the kids asked at the same time, and when they looked where the green smoke had been they were amazed by what they saw - LEPRECHAUNS!

    One leprechaun stepped forward and introduced himself and said “Hello, my name is Shammy. We leprechauns love to eat mud pies and mudshakes, will you make us some?” 

    At first the kids just stared but then Pila cleared her throat and said "Hello, my name is Pila and this is my brother Dimo. We would be happy to make you mud pies and mudshakes but I don’t think that we can make enough for all of you though.”

    "That's ok, if one of you makes a mud pie and the other makes a mudshake I will use my magic to multiply it,” Shammy replied.

    So Pila made the pie and Dimo made the shake and the kids gave them to Shammy and watched excitedly as Shammy multiplied them. Then they watched excitedly as the leprechauns ate them in 1 millisecond!! 

    “Wow,” Dimo whispered to Pila, “They eat so fast!” 

    "Yeah!” agreed Pila. “But I don’t think that we should try to drink the mudshake.” She laughed as she watched Dimo take a little sip of his mudshake and spit it out immediately. 

    “I agree,” Dimo said after pouring some CLEAN water on his tongue. The kids laughed and watched as the rest of the leprechauns ate their mud creations.

    Then, sadly, it was time for the leprechauns to leave. 

But before they left, Shammy turned to the kids and said “ Don’t be sad Pila and Dimo, because I will visit again soon. Also thanks for the mudpies and shakes.” 

    With that and a puff of green smoke the leprechauns were gone, so Pila and Dimo went happily back to making mud pies and mudshakes, excited for their next adventure with their new leprechaun friend. And maybe some hints on how to trap a leprechaun next St. Patricks Day but mainly their next exciting and magical adventure……….

    Once upon a time a long, long time ago Shammy came to visit his friends Pila and Dimo. He found them in this awesome house in a tree. Shammy heard them laughing and went up to investigate. “Hey kids!” he said, startling them. “Whoa, sorry, I didn’t mean to surprise you but I wanted to know what you’re doing up here.” 

    Now, about Pila and Dimo being surprised, this was only their second time meeting Shammy so they were still getting used to him arriving. 

    “Hi Shammy!” the kids greeted him. 

    “Hi! What are you doing up here?” he asked them. 

    “Well, this is our tree house,” said Pila.