46 How to Kill a Monster by R.L. Stine

Author:R.L. Stine [Stine, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

15

No.

I pulled my hand away from the doorknob.

I have to find Clark, I decided. I’m tired of playing this stupid game. I’m tired of being It.

Then I had a great idea.

I’ll hide! I’ll trick Clark into being It!

I’ll hide and Clark will get bored waiting for me to find him. He’ll have to look for me!

Perfect! I thought. Now… where shall I hide?

I searched the rest of the rooms on the third floor—scouting out a good hiding place. But the rooms up here were all empty. Nothing to slip behind.

Nothing to crawl under.

I returned to the little room with the player piano. Maybe I can figure out a way to hide behind that, I thought.

I tried to push the piano away from the wall.

Just enough so I could squeeze behind it. But it was way too heavy. I couldn’t budge it.

I made my way back to the door with the silver key—the locked room.

I peered up and down the dim hall. Had I searched everywhere? Did I miss a room?

That’s when I spotted it.

A small door. A door in the wall.

A door I hadn’t noticed before.

A door to a dumbwaiter.

I’d seen dumbwaiters in the movies. In big, old houses like this one. They were little elevators that carried food and dishes from one floor to another. Pretty cool.

A dumbwaiter! I thought. A perfect place to hide! I turned and started toward it—when I heard a crash. A crash—like the sound of a plate dropping.

A crash coming from the other side of the door with the silver key.

I pressed my ear against the door. I heard footsteps.

So that’s where Clark is hiding! I realized. He is such a cheater! He hid in the one place he knew I wouldn’t look!

He hid in the room Grandma and Grandpa told us to stay out of.

Well, Clark, I thought. Too bad for you. I found you!

I slipped my fingers around the key and turned it. The lock sprang open with a sharp click. I yanked open the door.

And stared at a hideous monster.

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