Nice little story, Barb. Bravo!
Loved Clark's idea
How about a sequel? I'd love to see what's coming up next!
And as for your challenge (well, it's 1.45 am here, but I couldn't resist - I love this game):
For the first set: sense, loop, net, pot, stone, spy, ten, nest, envy, son, pose, tune, pen, tool, ton...
For the second set: care, American (is it allowed?), nap, clerk, pearl, lame, rank, pen, make, sun, real, seal, leap, man, name, crap, leak, lake, lick, claim, sail, rare, sure, can, mark, cape, use, puma, ruin, male, mail, mile, are, lurk, sane...
What do I win? <g>
AnnaBtG.