At the concession stand, Leroy Ninker said, Thank you very much! He said, Extra butter on that? He also said, Yippie-i-oh. Leroy Ninker said Yippie-i-oh because Leroy Ninker had a dream. He wanted to be a cowboy. On Wednesday nights, the Bijou Drive-In Theater ran a Western double feature, and Leroy Ninker stood and watched in wonder as the great white expanse of the Bijou screen filled with purple mountains, wide-open plains, and cowboys. The cowboys wore ten-gallon hats. They wore boots. They carried lassos. The cowboys were