55 The Blob That Ate Everyone 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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The wind howled outside the house, rattling the windowpane. I set my candles down, one on each side of the old typewriter.

I leaned forward and read the story so far.

Alex was right.

Everything I had typed had come true.

But her idea was totally dumb.

“Type!” she ordered, standing behind me, her hands on my shoulders.

I glanced back at her. “Alex—haven’t you ever heard of coincidence?”

“Oooh—big word!” she replied sarcastically. “Are you sure you’re ready for such a big word?”

I ignored her remark. “A coincidence is when two things happen by accident,” I explained. “For example, I type that it’s stormy out—and then it starts to storm. That’s called a coincidence.”

She shoved me toward the typewriter. “Prove it,” she insisted. “Go ahead, Zackie. Type the next sentence, and let’s see if it comes true.”

She squeezed my shoulders. And then added, “Or are you chicken?”

I wriggled out from under her hands. “Okay, okay,” I groaned. “I’ll prove just how dumb you are.”

I reached for the handwritten pages of the story. And I found the next sentence.

Then I raised my hands to the old typewriter keyboard and typed it in:

THEY HEARD A KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

I lowered my hands to my lap. And sat back.

“See?” I sneered. “Any more bright ideas?”

Then I heard a knock on the door!

I gasped.

Alex let out a startled cry.

“That didn’t h-happen,” I stammered. “I didn’t hear that. I imagined it.”

“But we both heard it,” Alex replied, her eyes wide. “We both couldn’t imagine it!”

“But it’s impossible!” I insisted. I picked up a candle. Then I jumped up from the desk chair and hurried across the bedroom.

“Where are you going?” Alex demanded, chasing after me.

“To answer the door,” I told her.

“No—!” she gasped.

I was already jogging through the dark hall. My heart pounded. The candle flame seemed to throb in rhythm with my heart.

I glanced back and saw Alex running after me. “Zackie—wait!”

I didn’t stop. I ran to the front door.

“No! Please—don’t open it!” Alex pleaded.

“I have to,” I told her. “We have to see who’s there.”

“Zackie—don’t!” Alex begged.

But I ignored her. And pulled open the door.

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