48 Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns by R.L. Stine

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

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I let out a shrill wail of pain.

I tried to scramble to my feet. But the snarling creature had me pinned to the ground.

“Stop! Stop!” I struggled to squirm free as the creature tugged my cape over me, covering me like a blanket.

“Hey—!” I heard Walker’s angry shout. But I couldn’t see what was happening to him.

“Noooooo! Let me go!” I shrieked.

With a frantic burst of energy, I reached up one hand—and swiped at the creature’s drooling face.

To my shock, the whole face pulled off easily.

A mask. I held a rubber mask in my hand.

I stared up at a grinning face.

It took me a few moments to recognize the boy. Todd Jeffrey. Yes. Todd Jeffrey, the high-school kid who had frightened us all at Lee’s party two years ago.

“Todd,” I murmured. I frantically pulled the cape away from my face.

“Gotcha! Gotcha good!” he whispered. He let go of me and stood up.

“You creep!” I cried angrily. I tossed the rubber mask in his face.

He caught it in one hand and laughed. “Drew, can’t you take a joke?”

“Huh? A joke? A joke?” I screamed.

I climbed to my feet and furiously began brushing myself off. My cape was totally tangled and covered with wet brown leaves.

Walker had been wrestling with the other creature. The guy pulled off his mask. Of course it was Joe, Todd’s disgusting friend.

“Hope we didn’t scare you!” he teased. He and Todd laughed like hyenas. They fell all over each other, slapping high fives and low fives.

Before I could tell them what jerks they were, I heard more laughter. To my surprise, Tabby and Lee came stepping out from behind the hedge. And all four of them enjoyed a good laugh together.

“Grrrrrrr!” I uttered a furious growl. At that moment, I wished I really were a superhero. I wanted to plow my superfists into their laughing faces.

Or maybe spread my cape and fly away—far away, so I wouldn’t have to see any of them anymore.

“Happy Halloween, Drew!” Tabby called smugly.

“Happy Halloween!” Tabby and Lee repeated in unison, grinning their disgusting grins.

“How long were you and Lee standing back there?” I demanded angrily.

“Long enough!” Lee snickered. He and Tabby both burst out laughing again.

“We were standing back there the whole time,” Tabby declared. “I love Halloween—don’t you?”

I growled under my breath. But I didn’t say anything.

Keep cool, Drew, I instructed myself. Tabby and Lee and their two high-school buddies played a little joke on you.

But they won’t have the last laugh.

When the night is over, I told myself, Walker and I will be the ones who are laughing.

When Shane and Shana arrive, we are going to terrify them. Truly terrify them.

Todd and Joe had pulled their monster masks back on. They tilted back their heads and howled like wolves. Todd’s mask was really gross. It had rubber saliva dripping over the long, pointy fangs.

“They’re not coming trick-or-treating with us—are they?” I asked Tabby.

Tabby shook her head. She adjusted the tiara on top of her blond hair.

“No way!” Todd replied from behind the ugly mask.

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