Chapter One

Once upon a time there was a man named Hat.
Hat lived in the land of New Jersey.... at least until he lost his job that is. Hat's brother Josh got Hat a job at the slave labor camp where he worked. The slave labor camp was a miserable place to work. They were very mean to their employees but at least they treated their customers like family. While working at the slave labor camp Hat met the beautiful Princess Dirkey. Dirkey and Hat became friends and even went to a Dave Matthews concert together but the rest of that story comes later.
The slave labor camp continually dangled the carrot of career advancement in front of Hat so he stuck around. Eventually Hat realized that he would never get that carrot. Hat moved to the far off land of Newport News where he got a job as a sub-contractor for the King's Army.
This was a good job. Hat liked the other sub-contractors and the lovely peninsula that he lived on but Hat was lonely. He was very far away from his friends and family. Fortunately he was able to travel home to New Jersey periodically because he had a magical horse with two doors and a hatch back.
Hat also kept in touch with Princess Dirkey by writing letters and sometimes visiting her when he traveled home to New Jersey.
Late one night Hat's brother called him and told him that their father was very sick. Hat got in his trusty hatchbacked steed and traveled through the night to New Jersey.
To be continued....