Lucky Chanchito By Tori Smith, Tori Smith is a freelance writer from Ventura. She also writes and records stories for her 13 grandchildren. This story will be on The Times' Web site at http://www.latimes.com/kids. A new, five-part story begins Monday
Milking Rumors, 24/7 By Steve Young, Steve Young, a television writer, is author of the forthcoming "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful" (Tallfellow Press). E-mail: theeothersteveyoung@juno.com