Darryl Jean's Crew: A Boyish Thing

Book excerpt: Following a busy evening playing pirates, Darryl M. Jean and his friends were exhausted. They lay on the grass looking at the blue sky and the moving clouds. After a long moment observing the scenery, they discussed what they wanted to be when they grew up. The quietest of the boys, when pressed by his friends on what he wanted to be when he grew up, he simply replied that he wanted to be a vampire. The boys were amazed. Never had they thought of that. Prince mentioned a vampire was spotted at the graveyard, and he planned to meet him there. The children quickly gave way to their imagination. They formed a vampire club and all agreed to accompany Prince for the initiation. The children woke up in the middle of the night to meet the vampire, but when they were spotted in the streets and later at the graveyard, the whole town was set in terror.